James Cameron Worried ‘Avatar 2’ Wouldn’t Be Relevant 13 Years After Original — Until the Trailer Hit

Avatar-The-Way-of-Water-2022-movie-posters/”>Avatar: The Way of Water” is going the way of James Cameron.The writer/director revealed that despite the 13-year gap between his first “Avatar” film in 2009 and its sequel “The Way of Water,” in theaters December 16, he would never have considered doing a follow-up film within two years of “Avatar.”“I think I could have made a sequel two years later and have it bomb because people didn’t relate to the characters or the direction of the film,” Cameron told The New York Times.

“My personal experience goes like this: I made a sequel called ‘Aliens,’ seven years after the first movie.

It was very well received.

I made a sequel called ‘Terminator 2,’ seven years after the first movie.

It did an order of magnitude of more, in revenue, than the first film.”But due to the Covid-19 pandemic, “Avatar: The Way of Water” was pushed back to a 2022 release date,

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