For decades Avatar the series was a passion project James Cameron. He started writing Avatar in 1994 and worked hard on Avatarmany sequels since the original film’s release in 2009. In 2022, we are finally starting to see the breadth of this franchise with the release of Avatar: Path of Waterand with Avatar sequels are scheduled every two years, we’re just beginning to understand what Cameron has in store for this universe.
Cameron is the captain of this huge Avatar ship, and it’s hard to imagine what the world would be like without him at the helm. But in an interview with Collider’s Perry NemiroffCameron discussed the possibility of handing over future productions to someone else and what the other director should learn when it comes to handing over. Avatar to life.
When asked about what he needs to see in another director to let them take over the world, Cameron said:
“I think there are a lot of good directors out there, and a lot of good directors who understand how to do CGI, animation, world-building and stuff like that. I think I would be looking for someone who is willing to be humble in front of a particular skill, like you do one of these films. Because at the moment it took us 16 years to figure it out and we are still learning day by day. So it will take time to transfer this knowledge.”
Although Cameron is synonymous Avatar he’s definitely worked in existing franchises at this point, or passed those worlds on to other people before. After co-writing and directing Terminator as well as Terminator 2: Judgment Daythe series went on without him for years, and he returned twenty-eight years later to work on the story for 2019. Terminator: Dark Fatewhich he also produced. Of course, Cameron also directed the 1986 film. alienstaking the reins Ridley Scott after 1979 Alien. Even though it seems impossible for Cameron not to be involved with this series, there is a precedent for these universes to exist without him.
Even though Cameron wants to continue this streak for the foreseeable future, he thinks it would be nice to have a plan for the future:
“But I think in regards to a studio writing these huge checks to create this world, this permanent world, I think it’s good for us to have at least some sort of transmission plan for that. I mean no one lives forever and I might get sick, someone in my family might get sick, I might have to back off. And I don’t want to make it obvious, I want to do all five of them myself. I think it would be nice to have some kind of plan to be able to hand over the reins.”
Cameron has such a distinctive voice as a film director that it’s hard to imagine who could take his place, especially in the world of Pandora, which is in many ways his brainchild. But now that Disney owns 20th Century Fox, it makes sense that the company would like to have a plan in place in case something happened to Cameron. Numerous sequels are in the pipeline, and Pandora is featured in theme parks. Avatar will continue for a long time, with or without Cameron. But we hope that Cameron gets the opportunity to see his vision through to the end.
Avatar: Path of Water will be released in theaters on December 16th. Watch the latest trailer below and stay tuned to read our full interview later this week:
Source: Collider
