James Cameron Will Officially Be Directing Avatar 2 and 3 Next

Συμφωνία, για δύο σίκουελ υπέγραψε ο Ντ. Κάμερον, με την Fox.

Ο σκηνοθέτης Τζέιμς Κάμερον υπέγραψε συμφωνία για τη δημιουργία δύο σίκουελ του Άβαταρ, το οποίο κέρδισε 2,8 δισεκατομμύρια δολάρια παγκοσμίως, ανακοίνωσε η Twentieth Century Fox. Ο σκηνοθέτης θα ξεκινήσει την παραγωγή του πρώτου σίκουελ το επόμενο έτος, το οποίο σχεδιάζει να είναι έτοιμο τον Δεκέμβριο του 2014. Το δεύτερο σίκουελ θα κυκλοφορήσει ένα έτος αργότερα "Η δεύτερη και η τρίτη ταινία οι οποίες θα είναι αυτοτελείς ιστορίες θα συνεχίσουν να εξερευνούν τα θέματα και τους χαρακτήρες που άγγιξαν τις καρδιές του κοινού σε όλους τους πολιτισμούς του κόσμου", δήλωσε ο Κάμερον. "Ανυπομονώ να επιστρέψω στην Πανδώρα, τον κόσμο όπου η φαντασία μας μπορεί να ξεφύγει", πρόσθεσε ο σκηνοθέτης.

An official press release from Fox and Lightstorm (via Deadline) has announced/confirmed that James Cameron has agreed to make Avatar 2 and 3 as his next films. He was apparently considering directing that Cleopatra movie with Angelina Jolie at Sony, but Deadline says "Fox made a 'huge' donation to his environmental green fund, and in return he committed to making the Avatar sequel… That also caused him to withdraw from Sony Pictures' Cleopatra." Fox is targeting December 2014 and 2015 release dates for the two back-to-back sequels, but hasn't set anything in stone. Ready to go back?

Here's James Cameron's rather beefy official statement that touches on improving the story in these sequels:

"It is a rare and remarkable opportunity when a filmmaker gets to build a fantasy world, and watch it grow, with the resources and partnership of a global media company. AVATAR was conceived as an epic work of fantasy – a world that audiences could visit, across all media platforms, and this moment marks the launch of the next phase of that world. With two new films on the drawing boards, my company and I are embarking on an epic journey with our partners at Twentieth Century Fox. Our goal is to meet and exceed the global audience's expectations for the richness of AVATAR's visual world and the power of the storytelling. In the second and third films, which will be self contained stories that also fulfill a greater story arc, we will not back off the throttle of AVATAR’s visual and emotional horsepower, and will continue to explore its themes and characters, which touched the hearts of audiences in all cultures around the world. I'm looking forward to returning to Pandora, a world where our imaginations can run wild."

http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/10/27/cameron-officially-announces-avatar-2-3-are-next-for-him/