James Cameron Talks “Avatar 2″ Title and More

Director James Cameron appeared at the Visual Effects Society Awards ceremony on Sunday to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award and to briefly speak about the “Avatar” sequel.

He said that he has yet to sign on for “Avatar 2,” but has made it clear that he wouldn’t let anyone else direct it. “I wouldn’t do that for the second film,” Cameron said. “It’d be premature to turn it over to somebody else right now. I think I’d have to use a film to train somebody to be able to take the reins, honestly. That’s how I see it.”

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Cameron went on to say that the sequel will not be called “Avatar 2,” since the first film ended with Jake (Sam Worthington) become an actual Na’vi. “Certainly I don’t want to call it Avatar 2,” he said. “He’s not an avatar anymore, is he? Maybe we’ll call it Na’vi.”