James Cameron is on the verge of finally releasing its long-awaited sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. The film will be released 13 years after the first film, which broke records to become the highest-grossing film of its time. Its visual effects were state-of-the-art and it got fantastic reviews, so the sequel and its promised follow-ups have a lot to do with them.
Cameron has a big vision for these movies, and with it comes a big passion, which apparently can turn to rage if pushed too hard.
In a recent interview with GQ, Cameron described what happened when a studio exec tried to tell him he needed to cut the length of the film:
“I said something I’ve never said to anyone else in the industry. I think this movie is going to make all the fucking money. And when it does, it will be too late because you love the movie. The time for you to love the movie is today So I’m not asking you to say something you don’t feel, but just know that I will always know that no matter how flattering you are about the movie in the future when it’s going to make all the money.”
He continued:
“And that’s exactly what I said, in all caps, ‘ALL THE MONEY,’ not some of the money, all the fucking money. I said, ‘You can’t come back to me and compliment the movie or make friends and say,’ Look what we’ve done together.” You won’t be able to do this.’ At that point, that particular studio executive freaked out and freaked out at me. And I told him to get out of my office. And that’s where he stayed.
On the one hand, the duration of the film is 3 hours and 10 minutes. But on the other hand, Cameron’s first film was the highest grossing of his time! So it seems like he should have the final say on how movies are cut and released. At least for this next film, and then we’ll see how it goes, or as James Cameron puts it, we’ll see “how many people still give a damn”.
Avatar: The Way of Water will be released in theaters on December 16, 2022. Are you looking forward to the sequel?
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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