Speaking with GQ, James Cameron opens up what inspired him to continue the Avatar into a franchise, involving how much the Avatar meant to him in his life, and how it hugely impacted him. Granted, it was due to the film-making box office history, but to him, he grew an emotional attachment to its storytelling. Check out his full story below:

Of course, the question the director posed to himself was the very thing that motivated him to make the sequel possible. Cameron looks back at the time when he had to compare doing movies or doing the explorations himself, and well, you already know which one he picked to do.

Avatar: Way of Water comes out on December 16, 2022.

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