While James Cameron has been extremely secretive about "Avatar 2" plot details, original cast Zoe Saldana candidly shares an update about the highly anticipated sequel.
In her interview with MTV the "Guardians of the Galaxy" star revealed that she already saw a glimpse of the the movie's plot.
"It was wonderful," Saldana exclaimed as reported by Crossmap. "Jim took us and gave us a tour of all the reference pictures, telling us the stories. I haven't been able to read the scripts. They're still working on them."
Adding, "We kind of get choked up. Cameron gets emotional telling us about the story. I get emotional hearing about it, so I'm looking forward to it."
It can be remembered that James Cameron once revealed that the upcoming "Avatar 2" plot would explore the story beyond Sam Worthington's Jake Sully character.
"It was very Jake-centric," Cameron said referring to the original film. "His story seen through his eyes. We spread it around quite a bit more as we go forward."
He then compared Jake Sully's family to that of the classic film "The Godfather."
"It's really the story of his family, the family that he creates on Pandora, his extended family. So think of it as a family saga like 'The Godfather.'"
"Avatar 2" plot would also delve beyond Pandora, exploring a much bigger setting.
"We're making up an ocean ecosystem for Pandora," he said to Coming Soon. "That's gonna have less to do with the deep exploration that I've done than it has to do with my concerns about conservation of Earth's oceans."
However, fans would have to wait a little longer before "Avatar 2" hits theaters, as it has been announced that the sequel's release date woul be delayed for a year.
"There's a layer of complexity in getting the story to work as a saga across three films that you don't get when you're making a standalone film," Cameron announced at New Zealand Screen Advisory Board Meeting, explaining the delay.
While it's almost certain that "Avatar" 3 and 4 would also experience delays Crossmap thinks otherwise, citing Cameron's previous interview.
"We expect to be able to accelerate the process quite a bit, because we've improved a lot of the software and the computer graphics tools, and we've been working very closely with Weta Digital down here in New Zealand developing a whole new suite of tools to speed up the process," the director explained of the sequels' process.
Adding, "We're writing three simultaneously. And we've done that so that everything tracks throughout the three films. Were' not just going to do one and then make up another one and another one after that and parallel with that, we're doing all the design. So we've designed all the creatures and the environments."
"Avatar 2" movie is now scheduled to hit theaters on Dec. 25, 2017.
