Quantcast
Published On: Thu, Jan 23rd, 2014

Zoe Saldana discusses ‘Avatar 2’ and sequels, says James Cameron gets emotional

Director James Cameron has been busy pulling together the pieces to expand the Avatar franchise. Star Zoe Saldana will be back and spoke about the emotional nature of the films.

zoe_saldana Avatar photoWhile promoting her new film Infinitely Polar Bear, Saldana spoke with  MTV confirmed the long committment to filming multiple films back-to-back.

“I knew. I knew for a while. Then it was confirmed last fall when they approached us, already telling us these are the dates, lock yourself, we would like you to start getting ready around this time.”

The upcoming sequel would see the return of Jake Sully and Neytiri and how impactful the story has become.

“I went down to the studio that they’ve been setting up for the past three years. It was wonderful. Jim took us and gave us a tour of all the reference pictures, telling us the stories. I haven’t been able to read the scripts. They’re still working on them. We kind of get choked up. [Cameron] gets emotional telling us about the story. I get emotional hearing about it, so I’m looking forward to it.”

It has been confirmed the co-star Sam Worthington will be back, but also Stephen Lang’s Miles Quaritch and Sigourney Weaver’s Grace Augustine (even though both characters were seen dying on screen in the first film).

With release dates carved out in December 2016, 2017 and 2018, the plan is to shoot the first three Avatar sequels back-to-back-to-back.

Cameron is working on all three of the scripts along with screenwriters Josh Friedman, duo Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno.

Production is expected to start up late this year.

Avatar banner

On the DISPATCH: Headlines  Local  Opinion

Subscribe to Weekly Newsletter

* indicates required
/ ( mm / dd ) [ALL INFO CONFIDENTIAL]

About the Author

- Stephen is a contributor and writer on The Dispatch. Stephen is the founder and editor for the Steven Spielberg Fan Club website and contributes to pop culture stories on The Dispatch, especially upcoming movie news. Beginning in 2016, Stephen took the role of Managing Editor for the Tampa Dispatch.

Leave a comment

XHTML: You can use these html tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

like_us_on_facebook

 

The Global Dispatch Facebook page- click here

Movie News Facebook page - click here

Television News Facebook page - click here

Weird News Facebook page - click here 

DISPATCH RADIO

dispatch_radio

THE BRANDON JONES SHOW

brandon_jones_show-logo

Archives