James Cameron Teases Unexpected Animated Avatar Project
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James Cameron wants to make an animated Avatar project.
Cameron directed both films in the live-action Avatar franchise,
2009's Avatar and 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water, thus far. The
third movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash, is also directed by Cameron
and arrives in United States theaters this coming December.
What did James Cameron say about an animated Avatar project?
Speaking with Empire Magazine, Cameron confirmed that he's
spoken to Disney, which owns 20th Century Studios, about
potentially doing an Avatar animated project.
He explained, "I said, 'Look, I want to do an animated anthology
series that's essentially in the world, but stories that you
wouldn't have expected from that world.' There might even be an
animated feature in there - it might be a feature for streaming,
or a theatrical feature. A good early example is The Animatrix,
where they went afield in the Matrix world. These are all great
examples for how we can add texture and baroque detail to the
world of Avatar."
Cameron further noted that these animated stories could explore
"backstory on characters and tangential stuff that happened
off-camera within the movies. Who first landed on Pandora? The
first expedition. You could go anywhere you want."
The project, however, hasn't yet materialized into anything.
"We haven't done much with that yet," Cameron said. "We're still
gathering our stories and that sort of thing, and I've got to
find the boutique filmmakers, the animators, that want to do it."
In the meantime, Avatar: Fire and Ash arrives on December 19,
2025. It stars Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, Zoe Saldaa as
Neytiri, Sigourney Weaver as Kiri, Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles
Quaritch, Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge, Kate Winslet as
Ronal, Cliff Curtis as Tonowari, Joel David Moore as Dr. Norm
Spellman, Edi Falco as General Frances Ardmore, and more.
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