Avatar 2, 3, and 4?

We’ve known for a while that James Cameron was working on an Avatar sequel. In fact, he’s stated in previous interviews that he was planning to shoot Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 at the same time. The new films will feature aquatic environments, new planets, different populations of Na’vi, and in general will expand on the settings and themes introduced in the first film.

Home sweet home

Now comes word from Sigourney Weaver that Cameron is filming a fourth Avatar film.

The exact quote from her interview with showbiz411 was “Then she films “Avatar” 2, 3, and 4 with James Cameron. That’s right: they’re making three sequels to the blue 3D phenom all at the same time. Weaver says she has no idea how long it will take, or how it’s going to work. “I just show up,” she said.”

Apparently she didn't die in Avatar

It sounds like Cameron has had some intense brainstorming sessions with his artists and producers and come up with enough material for another film. It also sounds like he’ll be filming them all at the same time over the next couple of years. The fact that Weaver has no idea what the stories are about, how long it will take to film them, or when they’ll get started shooting the new films indicates that it might be a while until we see the first sequel.

The idea of three sequels sounds good to me. I thought the visuals of the first were amazing and beautiful. I also thought there was a lot of room in the story for more adventures on Pandora. We now know who the main characters are and how the whole avatar process works. Cameron spent a lot of time developing the Pandora mythology and landscape. It will be fun to revisit that world again and unleash the Avatars against the insidious Resources Development Administration or some other terrible government agency.

Dreaming of a return to Pandora

The plan is for the first sequel to hit in 2014 with the other films coming out annually thereafter.

Are you down for multiple returns to Pandora and beyond? Think the sequels will make billions at the box office? Let me know in the comments below or on Twitter!