By A fourth “Avatar” film hasn’t yet been greenlit, and the question of whether Disney will do a fourth and fifth film remains unclear.
Even if it does go ahead, there’s still the question as to whether filmmaker James Cameron will direct them. Cameron himself has previously indicated he may potentially step away and hand the directorial reins over to someone else while he produces.
Robert Rodriguez has been floated as one potential, he and Cameron did such an arrangement with “Alita: Battle Angel”.
Now, Screen Rant reports that “The Conjuring” and “Saw” director James Wan has confirmed he’d love to have a go at directing the next film: “I have not done Avatar. Yeah, if you could put a good one for me with James Cameron, I’d love to take a crack at that.”
Wan certainly has had experience with large-scale productions such as “Furious 7” and the two “Aquaman” films; this would be something quite different for him.
Wan last directed the “Aquaman” sequel, which, like all DC film adaptations that year, fizzled at the box office. He’s attached as producer to numerous projects from “The Backrooms” film to horror tale “Border Patrol” and new iterations of “The Tommyknockers” and “Dylan Dog”.
In terms of directing he’s long been developing a film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu” as well as a remake of “Creature From the Black Lagoon”.
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