Avatar franchise creator and director James Cameron has reportedly confirmed that Hearth And Ash will embrace an anti-AI disclaimer – discover out extra beneath.
Avatar: Hearth And Ash – the title for the third movie within the franchise was introduced final August – is about for launch on December 19, following 2009’s Avatar and sequel Avatar: The Means Of Water, which was launched in 2022.
Over the weekend, Cameron attended a Q&A session in New Zealand with a reside viewers to debate the movie. In line with movie graduate Josh Harding on X (previously Twitter), Cameron has confirmed that Avatar: Hearth And Ash will open with a title card that reads “no generative AI was used within the making of this film”.
Such an *unbelievable* speak. Additionally, James Cameron revealed that Avatar: Hearth and Ash will start with a title card after the twentieth Century and Lightstorm logos that “no generative A.I. was used within the making of this film”. 🥹 https://t.co/d4X65ahdhO pic.twitter.com/JV64h8yk6M
— Josh Harding (@joshharding77) February 23, 2025
James Cameron’s aversion to AI shouldn’t come as a lot of a shock, because the filmmaker in July 2023 spoke out in opposition to the expertise, referencing his sci-fi traditional Terminator when requested what he considered AI’s rise within the leisure business: “I warned you guys in 1984, and also you didn’t hear.”
Cameron added that he doesn’t consider the expertise behind AI will have the ability to exchange writers, saying: “It’s by no means a difficulty of who wrote it, it’s a query of, is it a very good story?”
“I simply don’t personally consider {that a} disembodied thoughts that’s simply regurgitating what different embodied minds have stated — in regards to the life that they’ve had, about love, about mendacity, about worry, about mortality — and simply put all of it collectively right into a phrase salad after which regurgitate it … I don’t consider which have one thing that’s going to maneuver an viewers,” Cameron continued.
The author-director additionally stated that he “definitely wouldn’t have an interest” in AI writing scripts for his movie, however solely time will inform how AI will affect the business. “Let’s wait 20 years, and if an AI wins an Oscar for Finest Screenplay, I believe we’ve acquired to take them significantly,” he stated.
Different filmmakers who’ve spoken out in opposition to AI embrace Guillermo del Toro who just lately stated it could do “semi-compelling screensavers” and “that’s primarily that”.
Elsewhere, James Cameron just lately confirmed that Michelle Yeoh will not be starring within the film however she is going to characteristic in its sequel. Yeoh was first introduced to affix the Avatar franchise in 2019. Cameron beforehand revealed he shot scenes for the third and fourth movies within the franchise upfront to keep away from Stranger Issues-style ageing points with the youthful solid members. He additionally beforehand revealed that he was ready to finish the franchise after the third movie if The Means Of Water wasn’t a field workplace success.
In a four-star overview of Avatar: The Means Of Water for NME, Ali Shutler wrote: “Larger, bolder and positively higher than the unique, Avatar: The Means Of Water pushes the technical boundaries of cinema with out feeling like a science experiment. It actually does have to be seen on the largest display screen potential via a pair of awkward 3D glasses. Not like its predecessor although, you received’t neglect this expertise in a rush.”