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Cameron Plans “Avatar” Trilogy

December 22, 2009 By Mike Hickerson 19 Comments

With a solid opening for “Avatar,” talk in Hollywood is now turning to a possible sequel to the most expensive movie ever made.

And it looks like we’ll get even more of a good thing if director and writer James Cameron has his way.  Cameron tells MTV News that he has a plan for a trilogy of movies for “Avatar.”

“We’ll follow Jake and Neytiri,” Cameron said. “I have a trilogy-scaled arc of story right now, but I haven’t really put any serious work into writing a script,” he said.

Cameron went on to promise that the time between films wouldn’t be as great as the one he took between directing “Titanic” and “Avatar.”

“From the time we capture and finish the capture, it’s literally nine to 10 months to get the CG characters working, to get their facial musculature working,” he said. “So now we have Jake, we have Neytiri. Sam can step right back into it, the characters will fit them like a glove, and we’ll just go on. So a lot of the start-up torque that had to be done for one movie really makes more sense if you play it out across several films.”

“My next goal is to refine the technique, make it easier so it doesn’t take as long. We were doing a lot of pioneering work on ‘Avatar.’ It wouldn’t have taken as long if we already knew exactly how to do it.”

Hopefully Cameron actually has an idea for making the films a legitimate trilogy and won’t follow the example of other recent trilogies like “The Matrix” and “The Pirates of the Caribbean.”

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  1. Bronzethumb from Australia says

    December 23, 2009 at 1:27 am

    Fingers crossed for a trilogy more along the lines of Star Wars. I mean, the Na’Vi are infinitely more badass than the Ewoks already.

    Reply
  2. Mitch from Omaha says

    December 23, 2009 at 5:03 am

    Just let me know when they’re ready. I’ll be there opening day.

    Reply
  3. Skiznot says

    December 23, 2009 at 8:04 am

    I think a sequel should be generations later with Human and Na’vi working together more often and facing a common enemy. Maybe on another planet.

    Reply
  4. Eric says

    December 23, 2009 at 8:13 am

    Do we have to wait 15 years before the next one? 😉

    Reply
  5. KG says

    December 23, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    I’m so there… AVATAR was amazing!! Not the newest storyline.. no. But everything else? WOOOW! Opening day, I’m there… I’ll brave another snowpocalypse.

    Reply
  6. Brian Brown says

    December 24, 2009 at 5:56 am

    Wow.. this is a no brainer. I’m sure Cameron and Hollywood are hearing the money trucks backing up now.

    Right because I’m SUUUURE he planned on doing it as a trilogy… *cough*

    Reply
  7. andor koot says

    December 26, 2009 at 2:47 am

    i really hope he does the trilogy the first one was fantastic!!!!!!!!
    great work cameron! keep up the good work 😀

    Reply
  8. Tim says

    December 27, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    LOL this is NOT the most expensive movie ever made by a LONG SHOT. Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End cost 300 million. Avatar was 230 million. Get your facts right..

    Reply
  9. Glenn says

    December 28, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    I hope they change the badly-named “unobtainium” to something that doesn’t sound like a writer’s placeholder. Betcha dollars to doughnuts we will see the corporation come back again to try and get “their” resource–just like we saw in the Aliens franchise.

    Whatever, I will see this series one way or another; if not just to see more of Neytiri’s tail….

    Reply
  10. GazerBeam says

    December 28, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    I was really wishing they’d just gone and called it “plotonium”….

    Reply
  11. pat says

    January 2, 2010 at 8:43 pm

    who’s the idiot that said pirates of the carribean cost more, DUMB! It cost 300 millions dollars to make pirates, avatar was supposed to take 230, but finally it took more than 500 millions, get your facts right omg… And if pirates of the carribean cost more, it was more like a fail to me.

    Reply
  12. Barry Portschy says

    January 10, 2010 at 8:46 am

    This movie is amazing! When I first seen the previews I was sceptical, then I seen the movie. It felt like I was part of the movie. In my opinion, the best movie ever made.

    Reply
  13. Jeremy Reid says

    January 11, 2010 at 7:16 am

    This movie really moved me. The whole experience cut a big hole in my soul and happiness was forever more replaced, along with compassion and desire. Please, James Cameron, know this.

    Reply
  14. maxwell says

    January 12, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    avatar is the greatest movie ever in my opinion, and i hope that if they make a trilogy
    the sequel to be as least good as the first part. i have seen avatar on 3d and is awesome, so i wait to see what happens next.

    Reply
  15. sebastian says

    January 21, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    Avatar is a real master piece… Cameron did sth that no one had done before

    I was really suspecting he had planned it as a trilogy; I just hope its sequel to be as good and breath-taking as the first one..

    Reply
  16. Kurt in St. George says

    January 22, 2010 at 11:43 am

    Visually stunning but otherwise an underwhelming experience. Not a bad movie but nothing to write home about. I was ready for it to end about 30 to 45 minutes before the actual finish.

    As Mike or Tim mentioned on the show, I would have loved to have had a joystick during the flight and combat scenes.

    Reply
  17. Sara says

    January 24, 2010 at 3:04 am

    Totally pumped for the next movie, I’ll for sure be following this one and it’s my number one favorite movie right now

    Reply
  18. Kim says

    April 30, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    ”.. but I haven’t really put any serious work into writing a script,” he said. ”

    this made me laugh

    Reply
  19. Nick says

    June 3, 2010 at 12:56 am

    The end of Avatar was totally set up as like, “WHABAM.” Incoming sequel! I hadn’t heard about it being a trilogy until last night but I’m glad! If it’s going to be another Star Wars or LoTR trilogy, I’m all up for it! I’ll be there opening night regardless of when it comes out, but hopefully it doesn’t take any longer than 10 years again 😀

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