Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - James Cameron aifarirawo kutungamira kugadzirwazve (kubvira 1997), asi akasarudza kupa simba rake ku "Avatar" yake. Akanga achiri akazaruka kune pfungwa yekugadzira chimiro chakavakirwa pachinyorwa chake, uye muna 2007, 20th Century Fox yakazivisa kuti pre-kugadzirwa kweprojekti pakupedzisira kwaive kuri kuitika. Roland Emmerich akabvuma kutungamirira, asi akaramba manyoro akanyorwa naCameron. Marianne naCormac Wibberley vakakumbirwa kunyora script itsva, asi 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America yakarova
kunonoka kutora mifananidzo, uye Emmerich akatanga kushanda pa"2012" panzvimbo.