James Cameron isn’t worried about not making more ‘Avatar’ movies for the rest of his career

James Cameron hasn’t stopped and intends to keep doing so as he expands his cinematic legacy into the ‘Avatar’ universe. With the sequel currently in theaters, the third installment is finished and the fourth halfway through, the 68-year-old director is more than halfway to concluding the saga that began more than twenty years ago. Despite the fact that there are directors who have gone on to direct well into their years (see Clint Eastwood), it’s possible that Cameron will end his days in the Pandora universe. And the truth is, he wouldn’t bother him in the slightest.

In a Q&A format hosted by Empire, Cameron answers questions from his industry peers. One of them is the director SS Rajamouli (“RRR”), who asks him if he feels bad for not being able to express all that he would like or realize all the ideas that the saga offers him. “The world of ‘Avatar’ is so vast that I can tell most of the stories I want to tell in it and try out many of the stylistic techniques I hope to explore”Cameron says.

“Yes, our time as artists is over”says the director, who points out that he feels “great satisfaction” when other people carry their ideas forward, as in the case of “Strange Days” or “Alita: Battle Angel”. However he admits: “I always mourn some of the stories I can’t do”. Despite this, he mentions giving up his idea of ​​him so that other people can develop more “Avatar” sequels: “I think over time, I don’t know if after three or four [años]- I would like to pass the baton to a director I trust to take over, so I can also dedicate myself to other things that interest me. Or maybe not. I do not know”.

Along the same lines, he replies to actors Harrison Ford and Pierce Brosnan, who tell him they want to be in their movies: “I have a long list of people I’d love to collaborate with, but I know my career will end before I even make a dent in it [la lista]”.

‘Avatar’ lives up to its morality

In addition to the infinite possibilities that the world of ‘Avatar’ offers him, Cameron has found a space in which he feels ethically and morally at ease. At the end, their demonstrations against colonialism, racism and dispossession are present in the storylines of the Na’vi. In addition, it stands out for being “happy to live in NZ where they just banned all assault rifles two weeks after that horrific mosque shooting a couple of years ago”. He refers to the shooting that took place in March 2019, which left 51 people dead.

The director shared that he got rid of 10 minutes of gun violence in “Avatar: The Sense of Water” because he didn’t want to romanticize guns. “I had a little crisis of faith while we were editing the film. It was too violent”. Cameron himself was the architect of many violent scenes within the action genre, from “Rambo: Cornered Part II (Rambo 2)” to his work on “Terminator”. It is precisely in relation to this saga that it is now positioned differently: “I don’t know if I would fetishize a gun in our world today like I did in a couple of ‘Terminator’ movies over 30 years ago.”

‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ is available in 2D and 3D in cinemas.