AVATAR 2 Director James Cameron Reveals The First Details About The Long-Delayed Sequel

AVATAR 2 Director James Cameron Reveals The First Details About The Long-Delayed Sequel

In a new interview, James Cameron offers a long overdue update on where things stand with his Avatar sequels and sheds some light on one pivotal moment in the follow-up. Find out more after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Feb 19, 2019 12:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Avatar
Source: Empire Online
Avatar was released in 2009 and not only revolutionised 3D technology (we've yet to see another movie come close to reproducing those effects), but also broke box office records. The sequel is finally expected to be released next year and director James Cameron has now shed some light on what we should expect from that and future films. 

After confirming that the second and third instalments were shot back to back, the filmmaker revealed that all that's left to do now is shoot the live-action components of the movies. 


"[Performance-capture] is the vast majority of the characters, and that is the vast majority of the running time of the film," explained Cameron. "That pesky little live-action component is going to cost me five months of my life, across the two movies."
 
He also went on to reveal that the sequel is set to take place a number of years after the first movie, as one key scene will revolve around Jake and Neytiri's daughter witnessing an argument between her parents in what he describes as a very important moment.

"There’s a three-page argument scene between Jake and Neytiri, a marital dispute, very, very critical to the storyline," Cameron continued. "I wound up shooting it all from the point of view of the eight-year-old hiding under the structure and peeking in."

Are you excited for more Avatar movies? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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dracula
dracula - 2/19/2019, 12:52 AM

do people really still care about these movies, the only special thing about the original was the special effects, now any movie can look like that.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 2/19/2019, 12:57 AM
@dracula - The first Avatar movie made more money just overseas than Infinity War made total. I think people care. A lot of them.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 2/19/2019, 12:57 AM
Tbh, I'm only really interested in this to see how Cameron handled 3D underwater scenes.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/19/2019, 4:49 AM
@L0RDbuckethead - we kind of see our first scenes with his underwater motion capture technology in Alita. Looked pretty realistic to me.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 2/19/2019, 7:11 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Really? I still haven't seen it yet. What did you think? Also, good to see you back.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/19/2019, 7:31 AM
@L0RDbuckethead - yeah lets just say it was a long day yesterday, glad to kind of have that behind me (even though someone is still harassing me by deleting my comments).

Anyways, this is what I said on the Alita: Battle Angel article about my thoughts on the film:

Its an excellent film, I HIGHLY recommend people go see it. As of right now, a 9.5/10 for me and the best movie of the year by far. The visuals are truly incredible; fantastic world building, fantastic technology (we kind of get a first tease at James Cameron's underwater motion capture technology he created for Avitar sequels), and some fantastic action. The 3D was seamless, though as someone who doesn't watch films in 3D, it took a little while for my brain to fully adapt to it. There were also a few neat nods to Terminator that I enjoyed.

I was fully immersed in the world and felt like I was there for the story. The main character, Alita, is now by far one of the most badass, strongest female characters ever in film, joining the ranks of Sarah Connor and Ripley; I can see why James Cameron so badly wanted to bring this property to the big screen, because Cameron loves these stories that have strong female leads.

Rosa Salazar did a great job bringing this character to life and humanizing the android. Christoph Waltz also was great too, and I also thought Alita's boy friend Hugo was played well and I liked their relationship, it felt pretty real. A few of the other characters I didn't care for as much, some were there just for muscle essentially. But there was no one bad, and I think one of the few flaws for this movie would be that some of the villains had generic bad guy dialogue at times. Otherwise, excellent movie and I can't wait to see it again. Very much a 'part 1' movie, so hoping we get a sequel. Definitely go see it!!

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With regards to the underwater scene, Alita dives into a river, walks underwater, and then navigates a submerged spaceship. It looked pretty realistic to me, none of the fake Hollywood underwater stuff that they put in a movie to say "look, there's water around." Compared to say the underwater Aquaman scenes I've seen, this was much more realistic.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/19/2019, 8:02 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - welcome back! We missed you lol
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/19/2019, 8:07 AM
@bobevanz - thanks buddy! I could tell you guys missed me, lol!!
Brave
Brave - 2/19/2019, 12:57 AM
This will be the first movie to cross $4 billion, Wahlberg my words. The type of monster the Force Awakens was to the US is what the long-awaited return of Avatar will be overseas. James Cameron is a force to be reckoned with when putting butts in seats -

And I don't have a reason to doubt that superpower of his...yet.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 2/19/2019, 12:59 AM
I trust in James Cameron. He doesn’t makes a lot of movies but he has a history of knocking them out of the park. I’m definitely ready to see a new different giant science fiction movie franchise take shape. Four more movies sound awesome to me.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 2/19/2019, 1:09 AM
Avatar 1 gets a lot unearned hate, but groundbreaking VFX aside, it’s still a good movie. With the amount of time and passion he’s put into this sequel, I’m actually excited to see what Cameron’s come up with.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 2/19/2019, 1:18 AM
@PlusUltra - It’s not exactly amongst my absolute favorite movies of all time but some people act like it’s some piece of crap, and refuse to accept that it resonated with a lot of people for more than just visuals and effects.
Vigor
Vigor - 2/19/2019, 4:40 AM
@TheUnworthyThor - there could be a college case study in film about how people seem to hate avatar. It's strange but also amusing. The cynical me thinks this because it made so much money and humans are naturally jealous things
Evansly
Evansly - 2/19/2019, 6:16 AM
@PlusUltra - My issue is that the story is completely unoriginal and one that was done multiple times over the 90s
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