James Cameron Confirms 'Avatar' 2 and 3

By Michael Lopez

All of you who couldn't get enough of Zoe Saldana’s CGI counterpart Neytiri are in luck. Avatar writer/director James Cameron has confirmed that two sequels are in the works and many of your favorite Na’vis will be coming back.

According to Cameron, the first sequel should arrive by Christmas 2014, followed by the third installment a year later.

"I am in the process of writing the next two Avatar films now," he told Entertainment Weekly. "We are planning to shoot them together and post them together, and we will probably release them not quite back to back, but about a year apart."

He all but confirmed that Saldana’s character and Sam Worthington’s Jake Sulley will return for the next two films.

“Basically, if you survived the first film, you get to be in the second film, at least in some form,” Cameron said.

For many of us, the idea of an Avatar sequel is a no brainer. The first movie became the highest-grossing film of all-time, earning more than $2 billion! If Sex and the City can get a sequel, you KNOW Avatar’s coming back for more.

We can only imagine the boatloads of cash James will rake in from this franchise. However, he did say that he won't pocket all the profits.

"Fox has partnered with me to donate a chunk of the profits to environmental causes that are at the heart of the Avatar world," he said. "I didn't want to make more Avatar movies without a grander plan in place."

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