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In the New York Times article that John Anderson wrote on 「Avatar,
you joked about doing a sequel based on the positive feelings you had
about an early December screening. If you did make a sequel, where
would you want to take this story?
A.
I』m not going to give out any story scoops now. I have a story
mapped out that actually spans two films. Not in the sense that you』d
do a film that ends in the middle, like the typical second-act trilogy
problem, but I have enough story arc to cover two more films. And if we
do make some money and I talk to Fox and they want to move ahead with a
sequel, then I』ll sit down and write something. And you and I can talk
again!
Please make a sequel, Mr. Cameron!!! I LOVED Avatar. LOVED it. Saw it
in 3D and was blown away. It's eye-popping and thrilling, I loved the
story, how it was about embracing the Earth, animals, Spirit, magic.
Very heartfelt. The actors were marvelous; I forgot they were CGI. The
technology has vastly improved since Gollum, and I loved LOTRs. And
those last 30 minutes—WOW!! WOW! WOW! Bravo to all who made this
marvelous film. Standing O. Brava.
I saw the film twice over the weekend in IMAX
3D and recommend that format to everyone: you want the screen to fill
your field of vision. Someone claims that it is not "epic," but
Gladiator's and Spartacus' fights took place in the Coliseum, with a
few combatants, whereas Avatar's battle takes place in a forest and in
the air until the hand-to-hand combat at the end. I really could not
find fault with the film, from visuals to audio to personality details
to prop details, like a real, red fire extinguisher strapped to the
bulkhead of a transport, something you did not see on the Enterprise.
Kudos to Mr. Cameron. Please start on those sequels TOMORROW!
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1628605/story.jhtmlJames Cameron Talks 'Avatar' Sequel Plans
Director says films won't take nearly as long to make now that they have CG technology figured out.
"Aliens." "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." James Cameron knows how to make
a sequel, revisiting fully created fictional worlds, taking what's
already established and trying to outflank what came before. That's
been the director's plan since embarking on his
technology-revolutionizing quest to being "Avatar"
to the big screen, and with the film's mammoth first weekend behind it,
an alien love story sequel we almost certainly shall get. (If you
haven't seen the film already, now would be a good time to stop
reading, as spoilers abound below).
In a pre-opening discussion with MTV News, Cameron spoke at
length about his plans for his burgeoning sci-fi franchise and where
the story will pick up following the first film's game-changer of an
ending: Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) successfully and permanently
transfers his consciousness to his big blue Na'vi avatar after falling
in love with Princess Neytiri (Zoe Saldana).
Cameron made clear that the next film won't be a prequel,
recounting previous backstory, but will begin after the events of the
initial movie. "We'll follow Jake and Neytiri," he confirmed.
In fact, Cameron intends to follow the couple for another two
films. "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.
The next two films, however, won't necessitate the four years
of production time that "Avatar" took to perfect its motion-capture
technology and computer-generated environments and beings. "Part of
what we set out to do is create a world and create these characters,"
Cameron said. "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. ... 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."
So where will the challenge be for a director who so famously
craves one, from the intensity of shooting underwater for months for
1989's "The Abyss" to the mega-budgeted, initially ridiculed "Titanic"
in 1997?
"My next goal is to refine the technique, make it easier so it
doesn't take as long," Cameron said. "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."
Check out everything we've got on "Avatar."
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