James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water just flew to $600 million at the box office. All that dough and it literally just opened last week officially. So, we all know that based on this success we are going to see sequels going ahead as planned. In fact, Cameron already filmed scenes from both Avatar 3 and 4. These scenes were specifically built around the film’s younger actors and how they were “growing like a weed.”
Tuk (Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, who was 7 years old when cast and is now 13) and Spider (Jack Champion, who was 12 when cast, but is now 18) according to Deadline were the primary reason that Cameron went ahead and filmed their scenes to avoid the “Stranger Things problem”.
“… you get–and I love Stranger Things–but you get the Stranger Things effect, where they’re supposed to still be in high school [but] they look like they’re 27,” Cameron stated. “You know, I love the show. It’s okay, we’ll suspend disbelief. We like the characters. But, you know.”
Cameron has never been afraid to throw a little shade at other films. And he continues that here by poking fun at Stranger Things. While he does have a point, the shade thrown felt a little unnecessary. Especially since I would choose watching Stranger Things over watching Avatar.
I am glad that Cameron is thinking ahead for his young actors. Especially since it was a decade between both Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water.
Have you been out to watch the new Avatar film yet? What did you think? Do you think that Cameron should keep making them or move on to other projects?
