The smart money is on multiple Oscars for James Cameron's military sci-fi film Avatar. But the director has already been there, done that. What he hasn't done yet is write a novel. Until now, that is.
"I told myself, if [the movie] made money, I'd write a book," Cameron told The Wall Street Journal, confirming that he will flesh out the film's expanding universe with a novel explaining the origins of Avatar's characters.
The Avatar prequel book will lay the foundation for what is no doubt an extensive capitalization to come. Beyond Cameron's novel, as well as the obvious film prequels and sequels, the Avatar universe has the ability to go seriously viral in comics, games and more. If Na'vi nativists are the new Trekkies, as we argued in an earlier post, then Star Trek and Star Wars will soon have serious fandom and franchise competition.
What's your take? Will you buy Cameron's Avatar novel? Should the surreal, strange Grant Morrison pen the comic? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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