New frontiers for the next Avatar

Avatar is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow (April 22) to coincide with Earth Day. Director James Cameron thought it was a good opportunity to give The Los Angeles Times some details about the second and possibly third Avatar films.

He said: "We created a broad canvas for the environment of film. That’s not just on Pandora, but throughout the Alpha Centauri AB system. And we expand out across that system and incorporate more into the story – not necessarily in the second film, but more toward a third film."

He also mentioned: "I’ve already announced this, so I might as well say it: Part of my focus in the second film is in creating a different environment – a different setting within Pandora. And I’m going to be focusing on the ocean on Pandora, which will be equally rich and diverse and crazy and imaginative, but it just won’t be a rain forest. I’m not saying we won’t see what we’ve already seen; we’ll see more of that as well."

The DVD and Blu-Ray editions out tomorrow do not have any extras. This is because Avatar is coming back to theatres in August with an additional six minutes of footage. After that theatre run, the new DVD and Blu-ray versions will have some extras.

Avatar is the most successful film of all time with more than $2.7 billion US in ticket sales around the world to date.