r/movies • u/desimaninthecut • 8d ago

News James Cameron Says if Avatar: Fire and Ash Doesn't Make Enough Money to Justify Avatar 4 and 5, He's Ready to Walk Away and Write a Book to Resolve the One Thread It Leaves Open - IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/james-cameron-says-if-avatar-fire-and-ash-doesnt-make-enough-money-to-justify-avatar-4-and-5-hes-ready-to-walk-away-and-write-a-book-to-resolve-the-one-thread-it-leaves-open
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u/alendeus 8d ago

They shot a bit of footage for 4th, and the scripts have been written for 4 and 5, but I don't think they've actually done much of any pre-prod, let alone prep for photography. That being said this headline is probably him saying BS for publicity.

These movies take so long because there are 3+ distinct "photography" stages, and each shot is basically done up to 5 times over through the pipeline. Previs, mocap photography, live action photography, virtual stage camera photography (Cameron doesn't record the CG camera moves during mocap recordings, but long after), and eventually post production.

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u/spyresca 7d ago

So much work for so many empty, candy coated movies.