James Cameron On The Avatar Sequels

But he's still planning Cleopatra too

James Cameron On The Avatar Sequels

by Helen O'Hara |
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James Cameron's begun his publicity tour for the extended edition Avatar DVD and Blu-ray, and he's been talking about **Avatar **sequels and the possibility that he'll make **Cleopatra{ =nofollow}.

Avatar first: the director indicated that he would make two sequels, back-to-back. "Our plan right now is to do two and three as a single large production and release them a year apart. In order to do that, we have to refine our technical processes beyond the end of where we were finishing 'Avatar' one a year ago. We need to future-proof ourselves out five or six years to the end of the third film."

He's also hard at work on the Avatar novelisation, which he says ends at the same moment as the first film but contains much more backstory, about the world of Pandora, man's arrival there and Sigourney Weaver's Grace. Incidentally, he also indicates that she could return for the sequels in some form. "Who said she died? Nobody dies in a science fiction movie. Whether Grace lives or dies depends more on Sigourney's agent than anything."

The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, persuaded the King of the World to say a few words about **Cleopatra{ =nofollow}, which he's in talks to make with Sony, with Angelina Jolie in line to star as the classical sex symbol. ""It sounds hot, doesn’t it? I mean, Angelina Jolie and Cleopatra? To me, that’s like a slam dunk."

So which would you rather have him concentrate on? And how excited are you about returning to Pandora? Or, for that matter, Alexandria?

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