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James Cameron Says Next ‘Avatar’ Film Will Be The Longest One Yet; Last One Moved “Like A Bullet Train” Instead Of Taking Time For Character Development


Filmmaker James Cameron, whose third 'Avatar' installment is due out in December, says the film will be the longest in the franchise so far.

The original outing won three Oscars but was unable to repeat Titanic ‘s feat of winning Best Picture en route to becoming (for a while, anyway) the top-grossing film of all time. Because longer films generally earn fewer commercial showtimes, they tend to be regarded warily in many corners of the industry. As the Oscar-winning run of The Brutalist also recently showed, the length of movies remains a perennial subject of fascination among media and moviegoers alike.

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