Director James Cameron says that when the follow-up to his hit movie “Avatar” hits theaters, it won’t have the title “Avatar 2.”
SPOILER ALERT!
Cameron says that it can’t be called that because Jake Sully is no longer an avatar. He’s become a full Na’vi at the end of “Avatar” and, thus, a two in the title wouldn’t fit.
“Certainly I don’t want to call it Avatar 2,” Cameron said. “He’s not an avatar anymore, is he? Maybe we’ll call it Na’vi.”
As for the story, a second Avatar film would emphasize the spiritual aspect of the Na’vi even further than the original, he said. Avatar was primarily an action/adventure with the spiritual nature of the Na’vi at its heart. Now that audiences have embraced the Na’vi culture, Cameron can give it more weight in the sequels.
“I think we can see that there’s a greater receptivity to it on the part of the audience than certainly the studio originally imagined,” Cameron said. “We pared back on it a fair bit in the first film, and I think we can go farther in that direction and not alienate people.”
Earlier, Cameron had said he hadn’t completed a deal yet to direct the sequel. But he made clear on Sunday that he wouldn’t let anyone else direct the follow-up.
“I wouldn’t do that for the second film,” Cameron said. “It’d be premature to turn it over to somebody else right now. I think I’d have to use a film to train somebody to be able to take the reins, honestly. That’s how I see it.”
There goes my theory that he was gonna call it “Avatars”
Didn’t Schwazzenegger correct the pronounciation to ‘Abadah” during that awards presentation ? 🙂