James Cameron to begin filming Avatar 2 in 2013

After discussing the future of the Avatar franchise, and indeed his future career as a filmmaker, for month upon month, James Cameron will finally begin filming on Avatar 2 in 2013.

Cameron has revealed that he’s currently putting the finishing touches to the scripts for the next two films, and hopes to have both completed by February, with filming pencilled in for the end of 2013.

“I want to get these scripts nailed down,” says Cameron. “I don't want to be writing the movie in post production. We kind of did that on the first picture, I ended up cutting out a lot of scenes and I don't want to do that again.”

He also mentioned that 48 FPS is a technology he’s thinking of employing on the sequels, depending on the reception it gets from audiences exposed to it in The Hobbit .

“If there is acceptance of 48, then that will pave the way for Avatar [ sequels ] to take advantage of it,” he said. Never one to miss a technological trick, is our James…

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