If you aim for greatness and perfection, then work to be great and perfect. That seems to be the personal mantra of critically-acclaimed director James Cameron for the four sequels to the most successful film of all time, “Avatar.”
Now with a confirmed release date target of December 2018, Cameron is saying that he plans to push the boundaries of filmmaking innovation not only with “Avatar 2” but also the three other sequels to come out in theaters in December 2019, December 2022, and December 2023.
In a recent statement, James Cameron said that he is going to look for a way for viewers to get a 3D viewing in “Avatar 2” and the subsequent three sequels possible without the glasses themselves. It is an objective which is still not possible yet with current technology, notes the Christian Daily.
Cameron said that he is going to push for better tools, workflow, high-dynamic range, and high frame rates for “Avatar 2” and the three other sequels. He added that despite the current technological situation, he remains bullish on 3D viewing.
He said that people need a brighter projection and he really feels that ultimately it can happen with no glasses. He is so positive that modern technology would get there.
The latest statements of Cameron have spawned speculations that the release date of “Avatar 2” could be moved again because the director wanted technology to catch up with what he wants to do in the movie, details Game & Guide.
But critics are also saying that with the VR technology just around the corner, 3D viewing without the glasses can actually happen within a year or maybe less so the December 2018 target of “Avatar 2” is certainly on target still.
Absurd rumors on pay increase
Last month, there have been rumors saying that actors Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana, who plays the lead characters Jake Sully and Neytiri, respectively, in “Avatar,” are asking from Director James Cameron a pay increase for them to do the next four sequels of the most successful movie of all time in the box-office.
While it would be okay for the two lead actors to ask for an increase in pay, but doing it on the director of the film or films and not on the producers simply makes the rumors downright illogical, if not absurd.
Like the actors, James Cameron is also getting paid by the producers to do his work and it would not be his call to give a pay increase to the stars or production staff of “Avatar 2” or the next three sequels of the franchise.
But producers 20th Century Fox do not need any convincing or asking to do just that. It seems likely that even before they give their green light to the four sequels of “Avatar,” they have already assured all the people involved in the first movie that they will get their due share of the success of the first movie in the form of a pay increase or an incentive or whatever else they can think of.
Otherwise, stars would not be returning to do the movie if they see that the producers have earned money and they do not get to enjoy some form of incentive in the process.
A product of sensationalism
According to the rumors, the request for pay increases of Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana is causing the delay in the filming of the movie, which is again inaccurate because shooting for the movie will not start until early next year.
The speculations even went on to say that the two lead stars of the “Avatar” franchise are planning to sue the producers if their request will not be granted.
Apart from inaccurate, it seems that those reports are sensationalism at its best since Worthington and Saldana simply cannot sue the producers over salary matters when they have yet to deliver their acting services to a particular endeavor.