<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">James Cameron may have created the planet of Pandora, but there’s a chance the filmmaker does not direct all of the Avatar films.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>After the franchise’s game-changing first film, Cameron decided to continue the saga with four more stories, the first of which,&nbsp; Avatar: The Way of Water, hits theaters on Dec. 16, 2022. The third installment hasn’t been announced, but it’s slated to be released in December 2024, since it was filmed back-to-back with Avatar 2.</div><div><br></div><div>The fourth and fifth movies haven’t gone into production yet, but when they do, Cameron says he might not be at the helm.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Avatar films themselves are kind of all-consuming,” Cameron said in an interview with Empire magazine, adding that there are some other projects he’s developing that he’s excited about.</div><div><br></div><div>“I think eventually over time – I don’t know if that’s after three or after four — I’ll want to pass the baton to a director that I trust to take over, so I can go do some other stuff that I’m also interested in,” he continued. “Or maybe not. I don’t know.”</div><div><br></div><div>Despite being uncertain about whether or not he’ll direct the rest of the Avatar franchise, Cameron is looking forward to seeing the storylines play out.</div><div><br></div><div>“Everything I need to say about family, about sustainability, about climate, about the natural world, the themes that are important to me in real life and in my cinematic life, I can say on this canvas,” he said, sharing that he gets more excited with every new film in the saga.</div><div><br></div><div>“Movie four is a corker. It’s a motherfu*ker,” he said. “I actually hope I get to make it. But it depends on market forces. Three is in the can so it’s coming out regardless. I really hope that we get to make four and five because it’s one big story, ultimately. -THR</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>