Kammala jumla mai zuwa: James Cameron shima yana da sha'awar jagorantar sake yin fim (tun aƙalla 1997), amma ya yanke shawarar sadaukar da ƙoƙarinsa ga aikinsa na "Avatar". Har yanzu ya kasance a bude ga ra'ayin samar da wani fasali bisa ga rubutun kansa, kuma a cikin 2007, 20th Century Fox ya sanar da cewa an fara aikin samar da aikin a ƙarshe. Roland Emmerich ya yarda ya jagoranci, amma ya ƙi rubutun da Cameron ya rubuta. An hayar da Marianne da Cormac Wibberley don rubuta sabon rubutun, amma
2007<unk>2008 Writers Guild of America ya jinkirta yin fim, kuma Emmerich ya fara aiki a "2012" a maimakon haka.