James Cameron Wants to Explore an Animated Pandora
It looks like James Cameron will never be done expanding the world of Avatar, and for that, we thank him. He told Empire that he’s talked to Disney about exploring Pandora through new stories using a totally different medium: animation. “I said, ‘Look, I want to do an animated anthology series that’s essentially in the world, but stories that you wouldn’t have expected from that world’,” he shared with the outlet. “There might even be an animated feature in there – it might be a feature for streaming, or a theatrical feature.” Even if it’s a feature for streaming, there needs to be some sort of theatrical release. Who wouldn’t want to see that on the big screen? He also have a blueprint for what his vision for the animated projects to be like. “A good early example is The Animatrix, where they went afield in the Matrix world,” he continued. “These are all great examples for how we can add texture and baroque detail to the world of Avatar.” The animated stories could, he says, deliver “backstory on characters and tangential stuff that happened off-camera within the movies. Who first landed on Pandora? The first expedition. You could go anywhere you want.”
Currently, these are just ideas, as Cameron is understandably extremely busy with other projects. But he does want to find the right team for the job. “We’re still gathering our stories and that sort of thing and I’ve got to find the boutique filmmakers, the animators, that want to do it,” Cameron concludes. At least we know its not being rushed by any means.
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