James Cameron Gives a Promising Update on ‘Avatar 4’ and ‘Avatar 5’
“I don’t know if the saga goes beyond this point. I hope it does,” Cameron told EW.
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“But, you know, we prove that business case every time we go out… If we don’t get to make 4 and 5, for whatever reason, I’ll hold a press conference and I’ll tell you what we were gonna do. How’s that?”
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Eventually, the third installment made nearly $1.5 billion at the global box office.
Questions About the Future
While the film was undoubtedly a success for Cameron and Disney, its box office haul was a far cry from the record-setting grosses of Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water.
When Fire and Ash‘s $400 million budget was factored in, questions began to emerge about the franchise’s long-term viability. In short, would Disney be willing to front nearly half a billion dollars for diminishing returns?
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Now, Cameron has finally broken his silence.
Cameron Wants to Make ‘Avatar’ Films Twice as Fast at Two-Thirds the Cost
During a recent appearance on The Empire Film Podcast, James Cameron confirmed that he is working on Avatar 4 and Avatar 5. His process, however, will be different this time around.
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“We’re gonna be looking at some new technologies to try and do them more efficiently, because they’re hideously expensive and take a long time. I want to do them in half the time for two-thirds of the cost, that’s my metric,” he said.
“And so, it’s going to take us a year or so to figure out how to do that. And in the meantime, I’ll be writing and probably be doing a couple of other things.”
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While it is unfair to say that Avatar: Fire and Ash was a box office disappointment, the days of studios producing films with $400 million budgets are numbered.
Thankfully, it sounds like Cameron has an idea of how to make the films on a tighter budget and on a quicker timeline.
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That should give Avatar fans plenty of hope for the future.
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