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       James Cameron Teases Unexpected Animated Avatar Project   
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       James Cameron wants to make an animated Avatar project.   
      
       Cameron directed both films in the live-action Avatar franchise,   
       2009's Avatar and 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water, thus far. The   
       third movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash, is also directed by Cameron   
       and arrives in United States theaters this coming December.   
      
       What did James Cameron say about an animated Avatar project?   
       Speaking with Empire Magazine, Cameron confirmed that he's   
       spoken to Disney, which owns 20th Century Studios, about   
       potentially doing an Avatar animated project.   
      
       He explained, "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.' There might even be an   
       animated feature in there - it might be a feature for streaming,   
       or a theatrical feature. A good early example is The Animatrix,   
       where they went afield in the Matrix world. These are all great   
        examples for how we can add texture and baroque detail to the   
       world of Avatar."   
      
       Cameron further noted that these animated stories could explore   
       "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."   
      
       The project, however, hasn't yet materialized into anything.   
      
       "We haven't done much with that yet," Cameron said. "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."   
      
       In the meantime, Avatar: Fire and Ash arrives on December 19,   
       2025. It stars Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, Zoe Saldaña as   
       Neytiri, Sigourney Weaver as Kiri, Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles   
       Quaritch, Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge, Kate Winslet as   
       Ronal, Cliff Curtis as Tonowari, Joel David Moore as Dr. Norm   
       Spellman, Edi Falco as General Frances Ardmore, and more.   
      
      
      
      
      
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