James Cameron's Avatar sequels have been a topic of conversation since the unbelievably successful first installment was released in 2009, and yet we still haven't seen the recognizable blue Na'vi of the series in a single sequel, let alone two or three. Still, Avatar will be back, and now Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles creator Josh Friedman has been hired to help write the screenplay for Avatar 2, according to a source at The Wrap.

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James Cameron has announced that he is officially tired of making all that money and winning all those awards. In an interview with The New York Times, the big-budget filmmaker said that he might make one more Avatar movie after the second and third movies he has planned -- and then that's basically it. Because he's really into deep-sea diving these days, and also, he has made more money than any one person should, so it's probably cool to retire now. Well, can we blame him?

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Okay, you guys: I haven't finished the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy yet, so I am admitting openly to you that I didn't read this entire post because it warned me of spoilers. However, I know enough to tell you that V. Arrow, who wrote the upcoming The Panem Companion: An Unofficial Guide to Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games, is the woman responsible for this map of Panem and its districts. (via io9)

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Sigourney Weaver has been saying that she's involved in the Avatar sequels that are currently in production, which is curious because her character, Dr. Grace Augustine, died in the first movie. She added that the movie's creator, one Mr. James Cameron, says that "no one ever dies in science fiction." Well now, someone has asked Cameron about this recently, and he says he's got this one all figured out. And he pretty much said, "no one ever dies in science fiction." But trust him -- he has a plan.

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When Sigourney Weaver talks, we will definitely listen. Especially when she's talking about the planned Avatar sequels, but even more especially when she's talking about the Ghostbusters sequel. And today, she has some things to say about both projects, and there is good news and there is vague news. I'll bet you can't guess which project the vague news is about! (Just kidding, it's totally Ghostbusters 3.)

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James Cameron gave an interview to Fox about the two new Avatar scripts he's writing and how they are totally not sequels nor part of a trilogy. But they will be filmed back-to-back and create "hundreds" of jobs since he'll be shooting everything domestically. And you know what? Avatar made approximately seven gazillion dollars internationally, so this might mean he gets to do whatever he wants, wherever he wants, with the sequels. No sweat, he says. The Terminator sequel turned out A-OK, didn't it.

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