James Cameron has revealed that he shot scenes for Avatar 3 and 4 upfront to keep away from Stranger Issues-style ageing points with the youthful solid members.
The lately launched Avatar: The Manner Of Water launched numerous little one characters, together with Tuk (Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, who was 7 years outdated when solid and is now 13) and Spider (Jack Champion, who was 12 when solid, however is now 18).
In a brand new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cameron stated that the primary, second and third act of the fourth movie needed to be accomplished in a single manufacturing, as a result of Champion was “rising like a weed”.
“In any other case, you get – and I like Stranger Issues – however you get the Stranger Issues impact, the place they’re purported to nonetheless be in highschool [but] they appear like they’re 27,” Cameron stated. “You understand, I like the present. It’s okay, we’ll droop disbelief. We just like the characters. However, .”
In the identical interview, producer Jon Landau stated that each one newly launched characters will proceed to be a part of the Avatar story within the upcoming sequels.
“Every film goes to introduce audiences to new clans, new cultures on Pandora,” Landau stated. “As soon as we introduce a personality, they keep part of the continuing evolution. We simply add to it.
“So you possibly can anticipate to see the Metkayina that you simply meet on this film in subsequent motion pictures. There are different clans that we’ll introduce in film 3 that you simply’ll see in film 4 and so forth and so forth.”
The Avatar franchise is ready to consist of 5 movies in whole, with a 3rd, fourth and fifth but to be launched. Nonetheless, Cameron lately urged that the sequence may finish after the third movie if it doesn’t carry out on the field workplace.
“The market could possibly be telling us we’re executed in three months, or we is perhaps semi-done, which means, ‘OK, let’s full the story inside film three, and never go on endlessly,’ if it’s simply not worthwhile,” the filmmaker informed Total Film.
Filming on Avatar 3 is claimed to be completed, having been shot concurrently with The Manner Of Water. The third movie is scheduled to be launched on December 20, 2024.