--- description: “I can tell you one thing,” the director told Empire magazine, “they’re gonna be bitchin.” The first sequel is due Dec. 25, 2016. title: 'Avatar' Sequels Will Be 'Bitchin' James Cameron Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf64da7afb90bb0ad/69876b53f887dcfd2de88a48/458083542.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # James Cameron Says the _Avatar_ Sequels Will Be 'Bitchin' by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 27, 2014 3:55 AM CUT  James Cameron arrives for the Premiere Of "All You Need Is Love" - Arrivals at Ray Kurtzman Theater on October 29, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. James Cameron arrives for the Premiere Of "All You Need Is Love" - Arrivals at Ray Kurtzman Theater on October 29, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Gabriel Olsen—Getty Images by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 27, 2014 3:55 AM CUT James Cameron, who is working on scripts for three _Avatar_ sequels, [says](http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=42852 "undefined") they are going to be “bitchin’.” “I can tell you one thing,” Cameron told _Empire_ magazine in an interview, “they’re gonna be bitchin’. You will sh-t yourself with your mouth wide open.” The director divided the scripts between a team that includes Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silva (who wrote _Rise of the Planet of the Apes_), Josh Friedman (_War of the Worlds_) and Shane Salerno (_Armageddon_). “I think we met for seven months and we whiteboarded out every scene in the film together,” Cameron said. The first of the three _Avatar_ sequels is slated for release at cinemas in the U.S. on Christmas Day 2016, [reports](http://mashable.com/2014/11/26/cameron-bitchin-avatar-sequels/ "undefined") _Mashable_. [\[_Empire_\]](http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=42852 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3608479/james-cameron-avatar-sequels-bitchin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3608479/james-cameron-avatar-sequels-bitchin/"},"headline":"James Cameron Says the Avatar Sequels Will Be 'Bitchin'","datePublished":"2014-11-27T03:55:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:25:25.214Z","description":"The first one will hit cinemas in the U.S. on Christmas Day, 2016","url":"https://time.com/3608479/james-cameron-avatar-sequels-bitchin/","keywords":["movies","sequel","Avatar"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf64da7afb90bb0ad/69876b53f887dcfd2de88a48/458083542.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf64da7afb90bb0ad/69876b53f887dcfd2de88a48/458083542.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of \"All You Need Is Love\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of \"All You Need Is Love\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Gabriel Olsen—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3608479/james-cameron-avatar-sequels-bitchin/","name":"James Cameron Says the Avatar Sequels Will Be 'Bitchin'"}}]}] ```