In a surprise appearance at CinemaCon, James Cameron announced plans for "a truly massive cinematic process" -- four new sequels to his 2009 blockbuster Avatar, plus a Disney theme park.
"It's going to be a true epic saga," Cameron told the audience, promising that Avatar 2 would be released in Christmas of 2018, followed by three additional sequels, for a total of five Avatar-themed movies.
Cameron's original sci-fi blockbuster earned $2.8 billion, though at least ThousandStars "'The anti-technological aspect [in James Cameron's Avatar] is strange because the movie is among most technically sophisticated ever:
it uses a crazy 2D and 3D camera, harnesses the most advanced computer animation techniques imaginable, and has apparently improved the state-of-the-art when it comes to cinema.
But Avatar’s story argues that technology is bad.
Humans destroyed their home world through environmental disaster and use military might to
The question is two-fold:
why have a technically sophisticated, anti-technical movie, and why are we drawn to it? 4
Part of the answer lies in Neal Stephenson's Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out."
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