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James Cameron On The Family Focus Of His “Heart-Wrenching” Sequel ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ – Contenders L.A.

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When approaching features like those in his Avatar franchise and the fantastical worlds they depict, filmmaker James Cameron looks for “true, universal human experience” to ground the narrative.

In the case of the original sci-fi epic released by 20th Century Fox in 2009, he was looking at “a relatively simpler story” about “boy meets girl,” in the vein of Romeo and Juliet.

And with his long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, coming up for release on December 16, he’s turned his attention to family.  RELATED: The Contenders Film: Los Angeles – Deadline’s Full Coverage “We all either know the family experience or long for it.

It’s just in our genes, our code,” the three-time Oscar winner observed during a virtual appearance Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles. “As a father of five, I’ve had plenty of experience with teen angst, the teen years. … [My kids] laughingly know they’re sorta, kinda in [the film], through a funhouse mirror — the conflict, the dysfunction but also the bonds and the strong love, all of those things.”  The Best Picture Oscar-winning Avatar, written and directed by Cameron, more specifically watches as the paraplegic Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, there becoming torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

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