Word from the planet Pandora has once again reached us here on Earth, this time from Avatar lead-actress Zoe Saldaña. While teasing Avatar 3 , the actress challenged Titanic as director James Cameron 's greatest film. In fact, unexpectedly, she feels Avatar is his real legacy.
Zoe Saldaña, who plays the Na’vi Neytiri, was asked about her upcoming projects in an interview with Collider . The Avatar actress confirmed the hype surrounding the next three films, including Avatar 3 , which is already in post-production, but she also made a comment connecting the franchise to James Cameron's other behemoth film. This is his legacy project.
We all thought it was Titanic, and it turned out that Avatar is his legacy, and for us to be a part of something so groundbreaking and trailblazing, it's like it's a legacy for us, too. When Titanic was released in 1997, it became the most expensive film ever made , which turned out just fine when it became the highest-grossing movie in U.S.
theaters upon release. But both those records were broken by Cameron himself with the release of Avatar in 2008. And unlike the big boat disaster movie, Cameron has at least five sequels lined up for the Na’vi.
Avatar 2 : Way of the Water , which was released in December 2022, became the fourth highest-grossing film of all time . Despite these record-breaking figures, Saldańa's comments were a bit of a surprise to me, as I do think there is more to consider than stats when talking about legacy. Titan.