"Feedback From The World" Influenced James Cameron's Decision To Make Avatar 2

"As an artist, I've already got an avenue right into the hearts and minds of people around the world," said James Cameron

It wasn't a "snap decision", says James Cameron about his plan to further explore the lush blue world of Pandora that he introduced in his blockbuster movie Avatar with the upcoming sequel The Way of Water. The filmmaker said the humongous box office earnings of the 2009 movie (over USD 2 billion), set on a fictional moon inhabited by a native tribe called Na'vi, gave him an opening to the people's hearts and minds.

"The feedback from the world in all cultures was that we want more of this. That's what people said afterwards. 'It was too short. I didn't want to leave, I wanted to stay there'.

"As an artist, I've already got an avenue right into the hearts and minds of people around the world," he told PTI in a virtual group interview.

The filmmaker said he had to do a lot of introspection before making the sequel as well as further follow-ups, which are already in various stages of production.