James Cameron plans to reduce the costs and production times of the upcoming Avatar installments. In an interview, the director stated that he wants to implement new technologies to complete Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 in half the time and for two-thirds of the current cost. This responds to the enormous budgets of the previous films, which exceeded one billion dollars in production, and to the staff cuts at Disney.
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Cameron plans to use faster motion capture systems and real-time rendering software, similar to those used in The Mandalorian. The idea is to reduce post-production hours and eliminate costly trips to physical sets. According to the director, these tools will allow complex scenes to be shot without the need for large technical crews. The goal is to optimize the workflow and maintain visual quality without the excessive expenses of previous installments, which took years to complete.
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After spending over a billion per film, Cameron has decided that maybe it's time to step on the gas. His new plan sounds like wanting to bake a gourmet pizza in three minutes: possible, but with the risk of the cheese being undercooked. That said, if anyone can make the Na'vi look cheap, it's the same guy who turned a sunken ship into the highest-grossing film of its time.