Avatar sequel to be filmed seven miles beneath the surface of the ocean?

Shawn Norris

Everyone knows that James Cameron is a big-budget filmmaker, but only when your movies have grossed billions of dollars can you ask a movie studio if you can commission a submarine to film in the Mariana Trench.
And you thought Spielberg had carte blanche…

And last weekend it was reported that he has commissioned a bespoke submarine, built of high-tech, man-made composite materials and powered by electric motors, which will be capable of surviving the tremendous pressures at a depth of seven miles, from which he will shoot 3D footage that may be incorporated in Avatar’s sequel.

the abyss 630x353 Avatar sequel to be filmed seven miles beneath the surface of the ocean?

“Eat it, Jacques Cousteau. Your silly little French movies about the dolphins never went to the bottom of the damn ocean!

I doubt he rented it, maybe he just bought it with all that Avatar money.

According to the reports, Cameron has commissioned a team of Australian engineers to design and build a submersible capable of taking him to the floor of the Challenger Deep, and capable of filming in 3D at these depths.

Wow, OK. So James Cameron did kind of buy a submarine to possibly film parts of the sequel to Avatar. That’s kind of insane when you think about it, but I bet NASA would build him a space shuttle if he wanted to do a IMAX movie about the moon, at this point. Let’s just all hope that Michael Bay doesn’t figure out a way to get aboard on of these subs and get any ideas about a Snorks vs. Smurfs film.

“And then in Snorkland, some seven miles below the surface of the ocean…

…Biggest. Underwater. Explosion. Ever.”

This seems like it’s a bit expensive and dangerous lengths to go to to get some footage for a movie; especially when there are much cheaper and easier ways to get to the bottom of the ocean. Buying a ticket on the Titanic, for example…

James Cameron plans to film Avatar sequel seven miles below the sea’s surface [Mail Online]

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