Avatar: Fire and Ash seems poised to be a major hit, but James Cameron makes clear that he's prepared to wrap the franchise's story up in an unexpected way should the film underperform.

Speaking on The Town podcast with host Matthew Belloni, Cameron reveals that, despite the success of so many of his past films, he's still nervous about any new movie he makes, and that includes Fire and Ash . Belloni highlights the factors working against the third Avatar movie, including a downturn in theatrical movie-going, a shorter gap between franchise releases, and the movie being harder to market.

Cameron himself agrees, revealing that he's well aware of the challenges that franchise sequels face as theatrical prospects:

"Sequelitis. People tend to dismiss sequels. Unless it's the thi

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