The future of the Avatar saga literally depends on the box office. I mean, it depends on the viewers. This is how he communicated james cameron during an interview in which he questions the realization of Avatar 4 and 5, in case the second, titled Avatar: the way of water, did not result in a box office success. Is it just a marketing strategy?
Maybe not. After the premiere of Avatar in 2009, news of a possible sequel hung in the air. It was not only a relevant film within contemporary science fiction, but also one that is currently the highest grossing production in history. In this context, it will be presented Avatar: the way of water.
This film, in theory, would be followed by three more. The titles, according to information from the BBCwould: Avatar: The Seed Bearer, Avatar: The Tulkun Rider Y Avatar: The Quest for Eywa. However, this may be just titles, according to James Cameron. Let’s see what he said.
James Cameron and the future of Avatar, before the premiere of Avatar: the way of water
The second installment of the franchise is marked and not without some noise around it. It is a production that promises to innovate in a technological key, with James Cameron as the key architect of that evolution at the time of recording and in the post-production of the story. To this are added some comments from the director, in relation to the duration: it will be three hours.
When that duration was announced, James Cameron added that he did not expect any complaints from fans and compared the experience to a marathon on some other streaming platform. streaming. The following message, in relation to the audience, is related to the future of the franchise. For the filmmaker, the extension of the story depends on the followers. In an interview for TotalFilm said:
“The market could be telling us that we are done in three months (if it doesn’t work out at the box offices) or we could be halfway done. That means, ‘Okay, let’s complete the story within movie three and not go on forever,’ if it’s just not profitable.”
In that scenario, there would be no Avatar 4 neither Avatar 5. Why this suspicion in relation to the possibilities of the franchise? James Cameron commented to TotalFilm: “We are in a different world than it was when I wrote these things. There are two blows, two changes, the pandemic and streaming.” For the filmmaker it can also be an opportunity to remember “people what going to the movies is all about. This movie definitely does that.. The question is: ‘how many people care about that now?’”
Deepening in relation to the collection of Avatar: the way of waterJames Cameron told Entertainment Weekly:
“The big problem is: Are we going to make any fucking money? Big, expensive movies have to make a lot of money. We are in a new post-COVID, post-streaming world. Those numbers may never be seen again. Who knows? It’s all one big roll of the dice.”
Avatar: the way of water It will premiere on December 15.