James Cameron reveals more details about his scrapped Avatar2 script, titled Avatar: The High Ground, and how it was reworked into a graphic novel: 'I mean, you’ve got the Na’vi fighting with bows and arrows in zero-G.'
James Cameron reveals more details about his scrapped Avatar 2 script and how it was repurposed. The Canadian filmmaker is the three-time Academy Award-winning talent behind hits like The Terminator, Aliens, and Titanic, whose directorial effects have come sparsely over the years, but usually to immense success.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Largely due to its groundbreaking visual effects, Avatar went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a title it still holds today after numerous re-releases. Due to this incredible success, Cameron began developing numerous sequels, the first of which, Avatar: The Way of Water, is due out next month.
We figured out a way to restructure the elements that we needed to distribute across the first two of the sequels, and relaunched it in a completely different way. There’s some great stuff in it. I mean, you’ve got the Na’vi fighting with bows and arrows in zero-G. I mean, I’m there! I want to see that movie. But it just didn’t achieve enough of the overall story and thematic goals that I had in mind. So we’re turning it into a Dark Horse graphic novel.
How To Read The Scrapped Avatar: The High Ground Story While the Avatar: The High Ground script was scrapped, its ideas haven't been totally forgotten. As Cameron discusses above, some of its best ideas and elements were repurposed into Avatar: The Way of Water. Its story was also reworked into a Dark Horse graphic novel series.
With the first of three issues releasing on December 6, the graphic novel will act as a direct prequel to Avatar: The Way of Water and bridge the ten-year gap between the first two films before the sequel releases in theaters on December 17. Some of Avatar: The High Ground's ideas were also repurposed into Avatar 3, which could possibly be titled Avatar: The Seed Bearer and has reportedly finished filming ahead of its scheduled release date on December 20, 2024.
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