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Avatar creator James Cameron is ready to leave Pandora
James Cameron is considering what kinds of projects he wants to direct during the "last act" of his career
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James Cameron is the king of the side quest. Beyond being an Academy Award-winning director, writer, and editor, Cameron is also a deep-sea explorer who has discovered new species of sea cucumber, squid worm, and giant-celled amoeba on his adventures to the ocean depths. He's also visited the wreckage of the Titanic dozens of times.
But with two more Avatar films planned to be released in the future, how much longer is James Cameron planning on staying in Pandora? The director has revealed that he's not quite sure. He addressed the "last act" of his career in an interview with the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
"There's been a lot of momentum in the Avatar universe for me across twenty-one years at this point, because we started in 2005. I took a little time off to build a submersible and dive to the deepest spot of the planet, as you do, but then I came back to Avatar after that. And it's been kind of an unbroken continuum. So this is the point where I'm looking around the landscape and saying, 'What are the other stories I want to tell?' How many of them do I need to direct myself versus writing and/or producing, working with other filmmakers?" Cameron began.
"I haven't made those decisions yet [on what projects to direct in the future]. I'm still in this liminal state of mapping out kind of the last act, if you will."
The fifth Avatar film is expected to be released in 2031, which is five years away (horrifying, I know). So where will Cameron take us afterwards? We'll just have to wait and see.
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