James Cameron Says He Needs to Learn to Make AVATAR Movies "More Inexpensively" to Make 4 & 5
Academy Award winning filmmaker James Cameron is coming off the release of the third film in his most famous franchise, Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Cameron has made it clear that he has a five-film plan for this story, and everyone seemed on board after the release of the first film, Avatar (2009), and even the second, Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), but after the drop in proceeds from the third film, Cameron is looking to rework the way he makes these big-budget films moving forward.
In a recent interview with Taiwanese outlet, TVBS News (via GamesRadar), Cameron explained:
“Here’s the thing: the movie industry is depressed right now. Avatar 3 cost a lot of money. We have to do well in order to continue. We have to do well, and we need to figure out how to make Avatar movies more inexpensively in order to continue.”
Cameron also revealed that Academy Award winning actress Michelle Yeoh could join the franchise if it continues.
“If we continue and we do 4, we also do 4 and 5 together. So we made 2 and 3 together, one big story. And then 4 and 5 is another big story. And Michelle will be in 4 and 5. And she will play a performance capture character. Her character name is Paktu’eylat. She will be a Na’vi.”
The next two Avatar films will be shot back to back, with Avatar 4 scheduled for a theatrical release on December 21, 2029, followed by Avatar 5 on December 19, 2031.