'Avatar' Sequels Won't All Film Back-To-Back

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Apparently, rumors that [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/9282/personmain.jhtml"]James Cameron[/url] would be filming the next three "Avatar" films back-to-back were a bit premature.

In a new interview with [url="http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120902/ENT/309020015/Landau-talks-Titanic-3-D-new-Avatar-?odyssey=nav%7Chead"]The Courier Post[/url], producer Jon Landau set the record straight about the upcoming movies that Cameron has been [url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/07/30/avatar-sequel-2015-james-cameron"]busy prepping[/url] over the past few months. We still could have three more "Avatar" movies, Landau explained, but they won't happen all at once.

“We [are] doing two back-to-back, but not a third," he said.



It was [url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/06/26/james-cameron-avatar-sequels/"]Showbiz 411[/url] who originally reported that "Avatar 2," "3" and "4" would film back-to-back.

"[Sigourney Weaver[ goes right into a new Christopher Durang play for a short run at Lincoln Center," the story read. "Then she films 'Avatar' 2, 3, and 4 with James Cameron. That’s right: they’re making three sequels to the blue 3D phenom all at the same time."

That seemed like a lot of work to do up front, especially since we all know trilogies sell much better than four-film-long series in Hollywood. Cameron also had never confirmed that a fourth "Avatar" would actually be made. In an interview with [url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/05/07/james-cameron-avatar-4/"][i]The New York Times[/i][/url], Cameron made it seem like "Avatar 4" was still up in the air.

"[I'm] in the 'Avatar' business. Period. That's it. I'm making 'Avatar 2,' 'Avatar 3,' maybe 'Avatar 4,'" he said.

"Avatar 2" doesn't have a set release date, but we do know that it likely won't come out [url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/07/30/avatar-sequel-2015-james-cameron/"]before 2015[/url].

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