James Cameron has spilled the beans on why it took him more than a decade to bring forth the sequel of the film Avatar. Interestingly, after the release of Now that Avatar: The Way of Water the director is also bracing up for the third and fourth part post the release on December 16.
The first part of the film proved to be a commercial success in 2009. It served to be the highest-grossing film of all time earning a worldwide collection of $2.92 billion backed with nine Academy Awards nominations.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the director says, “I started confronting this issue of, ‘Do I even want to make another movie, let alone another Avatar movie?’” James avers that the first movie was “a movie that’s asking you to cry for a tree”. “People are angsty enough. We’ll be injecting this film into a marketplace in a different time. And maybe things that were over the horizon in 2009 are upon us now. Maybe it’s not entertainment anymore.” the director averred. He goes on to say that, “The filmmaker’s role is not to make it all gloom and doom anymore but to offer constructive solutions.”
He also spoke about the fact that even though many people in the industry have been awaiting for the sequel, he believed on the timing of the sequel. “That’s just how the industry works.” said the filmmaker. “You come back to the well, and you build that cultural impact over time. Marvel had maybe 26 movies to build out a universe, with the characters cross-pollinating. So it’s an irrelevant argument. We’ll see what happens after this film.”
