Something from concept designer Neville Page

[Moco Loco]

This might fall better into the category of news, but it feels more like the forecast of a lack of news to me I wonder how many others feel compelled to make a 10-20 year commitment to the "Avatar business", or even a commitment to a fraction of that time.

How often does James Cameron give you new creative ideas for Avatar 2?

Oh, [right] now there’s nothing happening with me. None of the artists that I worked with are on board, or at least I’m not definitely. We’ve talked about it definitely and there’s an interest when the time is right but I think there’s other stuff that he’s doing before he brings in the art department.



Does his 10-20 year plan of, as he says, being in the Avatar business, affect you?

It does quite a bit. It affects me with regards to we discussed my being involved when he’s ready. The problem is when he’s ready may conflict with something I’m already working on. If I know I have a project that’s going to last a year or two, I will call him beforehand and say, “Just to be sure that you don’t need me in the next few months, I might be unavailable for a year. Is that cool?” And they’ll let me know. I do the same with J.J. [Abrams], the directors I enjoy working with, and obviously Ridley. If I’ve got something coming up and I know that they talked to me about the possibility of working with them down the road, I’ll give them a call and say, “I might be off the radar for a bit.”

Concept Designer Neville Page on Prometheus, Avatar 2 and Star Trek 2 | CraveOnline

[Icu]

10-20 years? What could he possible do for that length of time...

[Clarke]

Star Wars.

[Human No More]

Well, 2 will be 2016, minimum. If 2 is going to be just as groundbreaking as the original (60fps, possibly additional technologies such as glasses-free 3D), then something tells me 3 will be even more so

Also, the question of whether something else in the same universe counts there.