After a 13-year break from directing, James Cameron’s new film is coming to the cinemas. The director reveals why he returned to the set for Avatar: The Way of Water.
Hamburg.With successful films like “Titanic” or ” Avatar” director James Cameron has actually achieved everything. Now, after a 13-year break from directing, a blockbuster by the now 68-year-old is coming to the cinemas again. He had actually finished with the industry, preferring to devote himself to his hobbies, research, nature conservation, as Cameron said in an interview with Stern magazine. But now his film “Avatar: The Way of Water” is coming to the cinemas.
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What changed his mind?
“In the meantime, I just had too much fun,” he told the “Stern”. “Wanting to even come close to the overwhelming success of the first film would also be a stupid undertaking.” What changed his mind? The creative liberties granted to him by his client Disney. Also, a very high budget of at least $350 million per film (more “Avatar” sequels are planned). Above all, however, the prospect of reaching as many people as possible with his story.
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The German cinema release of “Avatar: The Way of Water” is on December 14th. Cameron said it was his most personal film to date. Also because this time the focus is on the needs of teenagers, he drew on his experiences with his five children.
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