AVATAR Director James Cameron Says "Ask Me Again In 5 Years" About Possible Spin-Off TV Series

AVATAR Director James Cameron Says "Ask Me Again In 5 Years" About Possible Spin-Off TV Series

With Avatar: The Way of Water quickly becoming the third biggest movie of all time, James Cameron isn't ruling out expanding the franchise on Disney+...he just doesn't think the technology is there yet.

By JoshWilding - Feb 23, 2023 11:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Avatar
Source: Los Angeles Times (via SFFGazette.com)

While it was always likely Avatar: The Way of Water would be a box office hit, most didn't predict it was going to end up becoming the third highest-grossing movie ever released. 

Interest in 3D has waned significantly in recent years, while the huge amount of time that's passed since Avatar's debut in 2009 left a lot of pundits convinced the follow-up would go largely ignored. That definitely wasn't the case, and filmmaker James Cameron deserves all the praise in the world for delivering a mega-hit like this (even if we didn't love the sequel).

Avatar 3 has already been shot, as have parts of the fourth movie. We know the director would like to make a fifth instalment, but in the meantime, could the franchise expand to television? 

This is a subject Cameron has broached before but, even as the popularity of streaming continues to increase, the director doesn't believe the moviegoing experience is at risk. 

"I don’t think it’s ever going to go away, ’cause it’s something specific," he tells The Los Angeles Times. "The deal we make to go and immerse ourselves without distraction, it’s like doing yoga or taking a walk in the forest for a couple of hours. There’s something about it I still think is sacred."

As for whether he would bring Avatar to Disney+, it's off the table...for now, at least.

"Right now, the economics don’t make sense to spin off any of our CG main characters onto TV. But the cost of these things will progressively come down as we introduce machine deep learning into the processes and make them more automated," Cameron explains. "Ask me again in five years."

Given the box office success of Avatar: The Way of Water, we're sure this is a franchise Disney intends to remain committed to for a very long time. With that in mind, we definitely can't discount the possibility of a small screen spin-off down the line. 

Avatar 3 will be released in theaters on December 20, 2024. 

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MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 2/23/2023, 11:54 PM
Cameron is a film-maker. He won't do TV, and nor should he. His product has been far too good to dip below.
dhlthecobra
dhlthecobra - 2/24/2023, 2:53 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - He produced Dark Angel
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 2/24/2023, 5:52 AM
@dhlthecobra - As if that's even remotely the same as what we're discussing here.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 2/24/2023, 12:51 AM


Look at all the pretty eye candy kiddies!

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain grunting out all of that bad story and dialog.

TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 2/24/2023, 1:33 AM
he’s right and looking at the MCU and Star Wars, not only will you make less, you’ll also dilute the brand “it’s AVATAR, it’s DILUUUUTEEED” whateva 🥷
(Boondocks gif… man I wanna post it SO BAD)
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 2/24/2023, 1:50 AM
If it was a certain Kevin, he would've already planned a spin-off for each kid separate, same goes for a bunch of side characters and a mini-series about their goddess as well.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 2/24/2023, 4:11 AM
Enough animated shows out there, so I don't see the problem.

Also, I don't like the idea of deep learning being used as a tool for CGI (if it's to make CGI creations). In ten years, no single human is needed anymore to make a movie if so.
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