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Avatar producer hints at sequel direction

Liam — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:25:44 +0000

We haven’t heard or seen much from Avatar since Avatar Day back in August when select members of the public were treated to 15 minutes of footage, and we got our first glimpse at a trailer. However, there’s less than 3 months left to go before Avatar hits our screens so 20th Century Fox will probably be gearing up the marketing blitz. If all the hype and marketing pays off Avatar could be a big earner for Fox, and they will no doubt want a sequel. James Cameron seems keen on an Avatar 2, and now producer Jon Landau has dropped a small hint at what we could see:

From /Film:

If the public likes Avatar, it’s a possibility. After all, here we are exploring the surface of the planet Pandora. The interior remains to be seen.

So Avatar 2 could see Cameron taking us into the depths of Pandora? Nice. I hope the team have learned how to speed up the film making process, because if Avatar ends up as good as one hopes I don’t want to have to wait another 4 years for the sequel.

Cameron interviewed on Avatar game. Mentions Avatar sequel.

Liam — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:18:02 +0000

Earlier today we saw James Cameron giving a presentation at E3 and we also got our first look at screen shots from the Avatar game. Now, Gamespot have posted a new interview with the director as they got the chance to have a one-on-one with the man himself. He gives us a few details that we heard in the earlier presentation, however one interesting thing Cameron says during the interview is:

“…when I sit down to write the sequel, I want to talk to them [Ubisoft] first because they’ve got a lot of great ideas and a lot of great designers”.

He goes on to say that a sequel will all depend on whether Avatar makes any money and whether the cast and crew are up for another 3+ years of work (hopefully they have the technology sorted so that if they want to make a sequel it won’t take 4 and a half years like it has with Avatar). Cameron seems pretty up for a sequel considering he’s spent such a long time working on the first movie.

Watch the interview below:

Laz Alonso says “Avatar is going to be the revolutionary sci-fi movie for this generation”

Liam — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:53:05 +0000

Another week, another quote from someone who was involved with or has witnessed the greatness of Avatar. This time it comes from actor Laz Alonso, who will be playing an alien called Tsu’Tey in the film. Collider had the chance to interview him while he was on the rounds promoting Fast and Furious (which also features Avatar co-star Michelle Rodriguez).

My dream was to be in Star Wars and, unfortunately, I wasn’t big enough in my career at the time that Star Wars was casting and getting characters. To have the opportunity to be a part of this trilogy is the biggest gift I could have. Star Wars was the revolutionary sci-fi movie for the generation when I was a kid, growing up. And, I believe in my heart that Avatar is going to be the revolutionary sci-fi movie for this generation, in this era. I am always the guy who doesn’t like to oversell because, in this business, you can get so excited about something and, if it doesn’t pan out, you have egg on your face. But, this is one movie that I feel very, very confident selling, standing at the top of a mountain and screaming at the top of my lungs how great this movie is because I’ve seen it with my own two eyes.

We’ve heard similar praise from a number of different people now so we have no reason to doubt Alonso. Everything we have heard about Avatar suggests that it will be the revolutionary sci-fi movie for this generation (we just haven’t seen any proof yet). We have heard hints of Avatar becoming a trilogy so that isn’t exactly new, but still exciting to think about.

We were recently told that we should be getting a poster soon, which would be the first actual piece of marketing from the film. If we don’t get a trailer during the summer movie season then we will almost certainly get one soon after.

Tom Rothman Talks Avatar And Avatar 2

Liam — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:19:07 +0000

A few weeks ago we got word that James Cameron’s Avatar would cost between $250 – 300 million, which is not the cheapest of movies by any means. However, IESB recently spoke to Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman and he revealed that despite the budget talk, it is not the most expensive movie Fox has made.

I won’t comment on the exact budget except to say that as always with Jim [Cameron] everything is misreported, everything is exaggerated, because he is larger than life and so everything surrounding him tends to be larger than life. While it’s obviously an expensive movie, it’s not an unprecedented expensive movie and it’s not even the most expensive movie we’ve made at the company and certainly not close to the most expensive movie that’s been made in the business recently.

He then went on to say that if Avatar makes huge numbers next December, we could be getting a sequel.

Jim Cameron tends to make hits and if the movie is a hit then this is the beginning, certainly for both the use of the technology and the work, it’s not going to stop here. So, there’s long term value to it as well.
IESB: So, potentially, this is a franchise?
TR: If it does well, yes, absolutely, in terms of an arena a whole new world. But for us, it isn’t any of that, it isn’t even the technology, it isn’t even the look and the world all of which is the coolest shit I’ve ever seen, it isn’t even any of that, it’s that it’s a great story. It’s just a great story. You read the story and you are gripped by every page, it’s just a great, original story with tremendously, classic emotional value. So, at the end of the day, that’s really what we’re here for, to try and make great stories when you can find them.