New Details on BD/DVD special edition and Avatar 2

[Helicoradian]

"We're doing a longer version for the DVD that is 16 to 17 minutes longer," he said, "but you'll have the choice: You can watch [the nine-minutes-longer version] or you can watch the original if you want to."

I'm confused, so we get the choice of the soon to be released extended version (+9 min) or the version that we have now. Where would the extra 7-8 minutes go if the extended BD/DVD is 16-17 minutes longer? Unless I misread something...

And the sequels

So he's most likely going to shoot the sequels back to back, with at least one having motion capture performed underwater. The budget for this will make the first film look very inexpensive in comparison

But it sounds like one hell of an undertaking, and he's the guy that can could do it