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   In article <1068qi8$2b5hc$1@dont-email.me>, YourName@YourISP.com wrote:   
      
   >    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.   
   >   
   > https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/2009563-james-cameron-t   
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   Let us hope it never gets past that stage.   
   Why are they trying to make "Avatar" a thing?   
   It's culturally irrelevant.   
      
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