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Avatar 2 will be out just in time for nuetrinos to boil the earths core and sink all the continents 
P)
No seriously though, 3 years to the day is my guess for Avatar 2. Camerons documentary project will fill up the next 12 months, release/promotion will likely eat up another 6 months. Sometime during those 18 months he'll have made a script treatment for avatar 2 and handed it off to some writers and somewhere late summer of 2011 (august/september) they'll start principle photography for the film. This will be a 3 month shoot followed by 6 months of preliminary special effects work, 1 month of extra shooting. Finally, if any of us thought the number of animators working on the first film was huge, wait'll you see the second one. I predict it'll be just as long, still be in 3d obviously but in order to get all the special effects finished , twice as many people will be needed. Despite this the lack of as much preproduction will lower the cost of the film, especially when the inflation rate is taken into account. I figure 200 million for the film itself.
ah conjecture.
Anyway, should things go well we'll see AVATAR 2 : DEEP BLUE SEA (you know it's going to involve the water this time as it's the only part of pandora they didn't spend much time on ) release Friday december 14th 2012.
The plot won't be a total cliffhanger like matrix or pirates or even back to the future but I can see the wait for the 3rd one being shorter as principle photography for it will start in the middle of 2012 when the bulk of avatar 2 work will be visual effects. It'll possibly make it out the following december but more likely come out may 2nd 2014 to start off the summer movie season that year and make every other studio reschedule their own projects.
That means, sadly the earliest we'll see james camerons BATTLE ANGEL is 2016 I think.
P) No seriously though, 3 years to the day is my guess for Avatar 2. Camerons documentary project will fill up the next 12 months, release/promotion will likely eat up another 6 months. Sometime during those 18 months he'll have made a script treatment for avatar 2 and handed it off to some writers and somewhere late summer of 2011 (august/september) they'll start principle photography for the film. This will be a 3 month shoot followed by 6 months of preliminary special effects work, 1 month of extra shooting. Finally, if any of us thought the number of animators working on the first film was huge, wait'll you see the second one. I predict it'll be just as long, still be in 3d obviously but in order to get all the special effects finished , twice as many people will be needed. Despite this the lack of as much preproduction will lower the cost of the film, especially when the inflation rate is taken into account. I figure 200 million for the film itself.
ah conjecture.
Anyway, should things go well we'll see AVATAR 2 : DEEP BLUE SEA (you know it's going to involve the water this time as it's the only part of pandora they didn't spend much time on ) release Friday december 14th 2012.
The plot won't be a total cliffhanger like matrix or pirates or even back to the future but I can see the wait for the 3rd one being shorter as principle photography for it will start in the middle of 2012 when the bulk of avatar 2 work will be visual effects. It'll possibly make it out the following december but more likely come out may 2nd 2014 to start off the summer movie season that year and make every other studio reschedule their own projects.
That means, sadly the earliest we'll see james camerons BATTLE ANGEL is 2016 I think.
Tricky I Shadow
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DarkMehm said:
Nice! My $71,000,000 weekend prediction is looking really good. Although it'll probably make even more than that! :lol
I still don't understand why some of you seem so surprised at this point. It has absolutely no reason to slow down.....
Cameron said he wants to explore the adjacent moons in Alpha Centauri A. The only question is how he will get Na'vi off planet.chubigans said:
Its not even worth thinking about atm
For now, all Im hoping for is a Blu-Ray release comparable to the LOTR Extended Cut releases. (tons of commentaries, documentaries, etc)
Yeah, I definitely had a WTF moment in my head trying to figure out how he's going to match exploring Polythemus' other moons with also following Jake and Neytiri (which he stated earlier). Honestly, I have a feeling he's just juggling a bunch of different ideas in his head atm and won't have anything solidified for a while, so now it's pretty useless speculating on the sequel, other than the fact that it exists and Cameron took some parts out of the scriptment for it.Dead said:
But yeah, first thing on my mind is also the Extended Edition Blu-Ray, and the novel.
just watched it for the second time...the soundtrack is awesome <3 zoe's character is awesome. did the original actors made the voice of the na'vi?
and of course it was almost sold out. there were 3 tickets left. so me and my friends bought them. too bad we had to split in the theatre
. but they loved it as well.
and of course it was almost sold out. there were 3 tickets left. so me and my friends bought them. too bad we had to split in the theatre
. but they loved it as well.Resident_UA
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I think 3d makes a huge difference in this movie. Most of the story is told through the images on the screen and 3d enhances those images. I don't think this is the best movie of the year but I can see someone saying that.Foliorum Viridum said:
Memphis Reigns
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Though I expect nothing less than a good movie from the sequels, I wonder if the novelty of the visuals will have worn off a bit. If this tech becomes inexpensive and widely used it could be in the wrong hands. I hope Avatar 2 cab still find a way to raise the bar a bit more.
GhaleonEB said:
You know, more than an extended cut, Im praying for a COMPREHENSIVE documentary about the movie for the Bluray. Im talking Dangerous Days here (near 4 hour exhaustive doc for Blade Runner, for those who dont know).
The best part of that clip is the "you knew this would happen?" bit. Its 100% Zoe.
Memphis Reigns said:
I'm assuming that if anything, we'll see better visuals since they already have the tech in place as well as all of the current art assets, so essentially they can just keep tweaking and adding on to that instead of having to build from scratch. If Pandora is set to dominate the entire sequel, then there's huge potential there for simply showing us parts of it we haven't seen, both flora and fauna.
Plus I'm expecting superior 3D as the tech in general improves over time, and the original team will already have the experience of putting Avatar 1 in 3D behind them.
I'm hoping for a PiP blu-ray feature that compares the motion capture to the finished film (as well some of the early effects footage, concept art etc)Solo said:
would be pretty cool
Actually fuck it, heres what I want on the Blu-Ray
- Main Feature with Director Commentary
- Extended Feature with Director and Cast commentary
- VFX commentary
- PiP motion capture, early footage vs final movie
- 3-4 hour documentary
- Additional deleted material
etc etc.
Make it so Cameron.
VisionaryQuest0
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Our luck, because it's FOX, we'll just get a barebones Blu-Ray/DVD next year with the special edition not until late 2011 or something. They gotta milk this for a while you know.
teacupcopter
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Is there any official statement or word or even a hint as to what Camerons actual plans are next? Anyone who has asked him post release?
JetBlackPanda
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Just wanted to pop in and say that I saw Avatar in RealD 3D and I can honestly say it was the best blockbuster movie I have ever seen.
/bow to Cameron!
people that compare the sense of wonder with the first time you experienced the star wars universe are spot on!
/bow to Cameron!
people that compare the sense of wonder with the first time you experienced the star wars universe are spot on!
Count Dookkake
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VisionaryQuest0 said:
The milking is part of the fun. I love the belly-aching of fans.
He's mentioned Avatar 2 if the first one did well (lol) and Battle Angel as well. One thing that seems to be fixed is that they will reused the technology used in Avatar for the subsequent movies. Cameron mentioned how the R&D costs of Avatar will be amortized with the future movies.Solo said:
FoneBone said:
I did too - odd, since Terminator was shot a year later. I just wish they'd drop this idiocy fullstop. We live in a pretty open world now, culturally speaking. Actors shouldnt have to put on a fake accent unless its demanded of the character. Which, in the case of Sam's roles in TS and AVTR, it isnt.
The conservative/ass backwards stance of studios about these kind of issues is mindboggling. This isnt 1955 - audiences WILL accept non-Americans.
Solo said:
Probably not. Maybe some anime Avatar shows. I can live with that.
Since this movie is called Avatar. There has to be some avatars in the sequel. Also some new human the audience can relate to. I am guessing since they have Jake's brother's DNA, they will clone him.
Also I demand more Aliens regular to come back. Bill Paxton to be the next suit bean counter please.
adamsappel
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Avatar was pretty fantastic. It's amazing just how much of the movie is completely CGI, and often you'll find yourself realizing, "Oh, yeah, that isn't real." Cameron is a helluva director and hits all the emotional beats. The story doesn't hold any surprises or go anywhere you think it won't, but it's a solid script.
teacupcopter
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Yeah I know the talk, but like
it's infuriating, over the last few years there has been
Doing Battle Angel then Avatar
Avatar then Angel
a true lies sequel had some rumours years back (after he did his docos but before avatar)
Avatar sequels after avatar
Avatar then angel then avatar sequels
avatar trilogy then angel trilogy
avatar then another documentary then avatar 2
It's not like I even care which he chooses, I just want to know
it's infuriating, over the last few years there has been
Doing Battle Angel then Avatar
Avatar then Angel
a true lies sequel had some rumours years back (after he did his docos but before avatar)
Avatar sequels after avatar
Avatar then angel then avatar sequels
avatar trilogy then angel trilogy
avatar then another documentary then avatar 2
It's not like I even care which he chooses, I just want to know
The Librarian
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Foliorum Viridum said:
You don't understand, you NEED to see it in 3D, somehow. The 3D is unlike any 3d you may have seen in the past. You don't feel like you're on the outside looking into Pandora, you feel like you're actually in it. I don't know if you're over 25 or not, but if you are, it's the same feeling you got when you saw Jurassic Park for the first time.
FoneBone said:
3D just isn't that immersive an experience. I've only seen Avatar in 3D and while I love how Cameron used it, I don't think it would lose all that much in 2D. There are a couple of unbelievably well composited 3d shots but unfortunately the whole movie isn't like that.
Expendable.
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My dad keeps asking me to see this again. We saw it in IMAX the first time (2nd time for me) and he wants to see what 2D is like. Is it worth it?
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
sam worthington's accent is pretty coarse, even by aussie standards. i'm glad they forced him to do an american accent, or i'd be imagining him buying a carton at a rockingham tavern for the whole movie.Solo said:
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
haha - i didn't mean to! i want beer now...Solo said:
but yeah, i'd find it too hard to lose myself :lol
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