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James Cameron says he hopes to expand the 'Avatar' franchise to animation. In a new interview, Cameron, the writer, director and creator of the 'Avatar' films, revealed that he told Disney he wants to make more 'Avatar' stories using animation.

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00:00James Cameron says he hopes to expand the Avatar franchise to animation.

00:05In a new interview, Cameron, the writer, director, and creator of the Avatar films,

00:10revealed that he told Disney he wants to make more Avatar stories using animation.

00:15He recalled his conversation with Disney while speaking to Empire Magazine.

00:19I said, look, I want to do an animated anthology series that's essentially in the world,

00:24but stories that you wouldn't have expected from that world.

00:26There might even be an animated feature in there.

00:28It might be a feature for streaming or a theatrical feature.

00:32Cameron went on to note that great examples for his idea include the Animatrix,

00:36because, quote, they went to field in the Matrix world.

00:39The Oscar winner continued, we haven't done much with that yet.

00:42We're still gathering our stories and that sort of thing.

00:45I've got to find the boutique filmmakers, the animators that want to do it.

00:48Cameron's third Avatar film, Avatar Fire and Ash, is set to be released in theaters on December 19th,

00:54and the first trailer for it dropped Monday.

00:56For more on this story, go to THR.com.

00:59This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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