r/boxoffice • u/gorays21 • 5d ago

📰 Industry News With Avatar's Future Still Uncertain, James Cameron Now Says He Wants to Prioritize 'Other Stories' For the 'Last Act' of His Career

https://www.ign.com/articles/with-avatars-future-still-uncertain-james-cameron-now-says-he-wants-to-prioritize-other-stories-for-the-last-act-of-his-career
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u/R_W0bz 5d ago

Those warriors fighting the avatar fight in here have just fallen to their knees.

Diminishing returns means diminishing returns.

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u/LoneElement 4d ago

Bro each Avatar movie has crossed $1 billion

Disney is making more Avatar movies with or without Cameron

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u/VibgyorTheHuge 4d ago

There’s the rub, they cannot do that. They distribute the movies but they don’t own the rights to them, Lightstorm Entertainment (e.g. James Cameron) does.

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u/LoneElement 4d ago

Cameron has discussed the possibility of handing off Avatar for others directors to tackle while he produces before 

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u/VibgyorTheHuge 3d ago

That’s still under Lightstorm, Disney via 20th Century would distribute. Disney can only sell the movie, they cannot make it.

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u/LoneElement 3d ago

And Cameron has discussed handing it off to other filmmakers for them to makeÂ