Avatar, Sekuelnya Ditunda James Cameron Hingga 2017
Avatar Sequel Delayed to 2017, James Cameron Cites Plot `Complexity`

Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Sabtu, 17 Januari 2015
Awalnya, "Avatar 2" direncanakan tayang pada akhir 2016. Namun Cameron mengakui target tanggal peluncuran itu terlalu ambisius karena proses penulisan skenarionya "sangat rumit" (Foto: MailOnline)

FILM sekuel 'Avatar' yang dinantikan para penonton tampaknya harus bersabar karena sutradara James Cameron telah mengonfirmasi bahwa penayangan sekuel film itu ditunda sampai 2017.

Cameron mengatakan di suatu acara di Wellington, Selandia Baru, bahwa "kerumitan" proses penulisan membuat "Avatar 2" terpaksa baru bisa tayang pada 2017 atau setahun lebih lama dari rencana awal.

"Ada lapisan kerumitan dalam membuat cerita menjadi sebuah saga dalam tiga film yang tidak ada saat membuat film yang hanya berdiri sendiri," kata Cameron seperti dilansir laman Digital Spy.

"Kami menulis tiga kisah secara simultan. Dan kami melakukannya agar semua terhubung dalam tiga film. Kami tidak ingin hanya membuat satu kemudian membuat satu lagi dan lagi setelahnya."

"Paralel dengan itu, kami membuat semua desain. Jadi kami mendesain semua makhluk dan lingkungan (dalam waktu bersamaan)."

Cameron berencana memfilmkan serial tiga sekuel "Avatar" dan merilisnya berturut-turut tiap tahun.

Awalnya, "Avatar 2" direncanakan tayang pada akhir 2016. Namun Cameron mengakui target tanggal peluncuran itu terlalu ambisius karena proses penulisan skenarionya "sangat rumit".

Sam Worthington dan Zoe Saldana akan kembali lagi di tiga film baru "Avatar" dan Sigourney Weaver akan memerankan karakter baru. Pengambilan gambar akan berlangsung di Selandia Baru.

Film "Avatar" dirilis pada 2009 dan meraup 2,8 miliar dolar AS di box office.


JAMES Cameron has confirmed that the forthcoming Avatar sequels have been delayed.

Speaking at an event in Wellington, New Zealand, Cameron said that the "complexity" of the writing process means that Avatar 2 will now be released in late 2017, a year later than anticipated.

"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 stand-alone film," The AP quotes Cameron as saying.

"We're writing three simultaneously. And we've done that so that everything tracks throughout the three films. We're not just going to do one and then make up another one and another one after that.

"Parallel with that, we're doing all the design. So we've designed all the creatures and the environments [at the same time]."

Cameron plans to film the series of three Avatar sequels back-to-back, releasing them in consecutive years.

Of original plans to release Avatar 2 in late 2016, Cameron admitted that in hindsight, that target release date was too ambitious due to the "very involved" screenwriting process.

Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana will return for the three new Avatar movies, with Sigourney Weaver also returning to play a new character. Shooting is expected to take place in New Zealand.

Avatar was released in 2009, and took a record-breaking $2.8bn at the box office.

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