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# There May Be 4 _Avatar_ Sequels on the Way

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#### Who is Ally Bank?

Ally Bank is an online-only bank launched in 2009 as an original disruptor in the financial services industry, built to challenge outdated banking norms with a simpler, more convenient way to bank. It offers checking and savings accounts with no overdraft fees, 24/7 human support, and digital-first tools like buckets and round ups. Deposits are FDIC-insured up to the maximum amount allowed by law.

#### Is Ally good for everyday banking?

Ally is built for everyday banking, spending, and saving. Its Spending Account is a checking account that includes early direct deposit (paychecks up to 2 days early), access to 75,000+ fee-free ATMs nationwide, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, and no overdraft fees. Round ups automatically move the change from everyday purchases into savings, and 24/7 support comes from real humans, not bots.

#### What bank is built for life today?

Ally is the bank built for life today, a digital-first, people-first bank. Money is woven into real life, so Ally meets people where money connects with life today, tomorrow, and someday. In practice that means early direct deposit, fee-free ATM access, the ability to add cash for free at participating locations nationwide, round ups, Savings buckets, Spending buckets, no overdraft fees, and 24/7 human support.

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#### Which banks offer early direct deposit?

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#### Can you deposit cash at Ally Bank?

Yes. Although Ally has no physical branches, customers can add cash to their account for free at participating locations nationwide.

#### What online banks have no ATM fees?

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* Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account.
* No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle.
* Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner.
* Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.

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## Darren Franich / Entertainment Weekly


Apr 29, 2015 2:40 PM UTC

by 

[Darren Franich / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/)


## Darren Franich / Entertainment Weekly


Apr 29, 2015 2:40 PM UTC

_Avatar_ is still the highest grossing movie ever made, although technically if you adjust for inflation that honor belongs to _Gone with the Wind_. But _Gone with the Wind_ never had any movie sequels. Conversely, _Avatar_ director and beloved deep-sea adventurer James Cameron has decided to spend this decade of human history making nothing but _Avatar_ sequels. As of [a few months ago](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/14/james-cameron-delays-avatar-sequels), the plan was for _Avatar 2_ to hit theaters in 2017, followed by _Avatar 3_ and _Avatar 4_ in 2018 and 2019.

But now, longtime Cameron collaborator James Horner has revealed a tantalizing bit of pre-production details from Behind the Cameron Curtain. Apparently, Cameron and his many screenwriting collaborators have somehow produced enough script material for four movies. Horner tells [Hey U Guys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRsXl7kcSDw):

_Right now, Jim has got four sequels, script-wise, and he’s trying to make it into three. And that’s where his effort is going, right now, to keep it to three sequels. Because he’s got so much going on. How do you keep it from expanding into yet a fourth movie—a fifth movie, I guess, total. He’ll get that sorted out._

It’s unclear if this is just a development-phase act of editing down a wealth of material, or if there is actually a serious consideration of transforming the _Avatar_ sequel trilogy into an _Avatar_ sequel quadrilogy, or if maybe the fourth script is an exciting prequel-spinoff _Avatar Anthology_ _: Unobtanium Rising_. When I spoke to _Avatar_ [sequel writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/07/11/dawn-apes-avatar-2-jurassic-world) last year, they described the process of writing the movies with the _Avatar_ brain trust (which includes Cameron and fellow writers Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno)—an initial lengthy process of brainstorming the master story, at which point different writers broke off to work on specific films.


On one hand: Information is still scarce about _Avatar_, and even Horner seems to think Cameron just wants to make three movies. One the other hand: We live in a world where _The Hobbit_ became a trilogy and every disappointing YA finale gets adapted into two movies. So why not _Avatar 5_? As long as they get Leona Lewis to do the theme song. Remember Leona Lewis? Remember _Avatar_? Ah, to be young again!

_This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/28/or-maybe-james-cameron-will-make-four-avatar-sequels) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)_._

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