James Cameron May Pass Along The Director Reins For ‘Avatar’ 4 & 5

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Making “Avatar” movies is tough, even for James Cameron. In a new interview with Empire magazine, the Canadian director admitted that his plan to direct a total of five movies himself may not come to fruition. READ MORE: First Teaser For ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Debuts Online, Disney Plans To Re-Release ‘Avatar’ In Cinemas The second movie in the series, “Avatar: The Way of Water” is scheduled to hit theatres this December, with a third film already wrapped and planned for release in 2024. “The Avatar films themselves are kind of all-consuming,” Cameron told Empire. “I’ve got some other things I’m developing as well that are exciting.

I think eventually over time – I don’t know if that’s after three or after four – I’ll want to pass the baton to a director that I trust to take over, so I can go do some other stuff that I’m also interested in.

Or maybe not. I don’t know.” That said, if he can do it, Cameron would still very much like to direct at least the fourth film in the series. READ MORE: Sigourney Weaver Is Playing Jake And Neytiri’s Adopted Teenage Daughter In ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ “Everything I need to say about family, about sustainability, about climate, about the natural world, the themes that are important to me in real life and in my cinematic life, I can say on this canvas,” he said. “I got more excited as I went along.

Movie four is a corker. It’s a motherf—er. I actually hope I get to make it. But it depends on market forces. Three is in the can, so it’s coming out regardless.