New York:
Oscar-winning director JamesCameron has spent an estimated USD 16 million to buy 2,500acres of farmland around Lake Pounui in New Zealand to growcrops while working on the sequels to Avatar.
Read: James Cameron postpones Avatar 2 release to 2015
This year, shortly before his solo trip to the bottom ofthe Mariana Trench, Cameron bought the land and now he expectsto absorb its magic while creating a pair of sequels that willbuild on the story of Pandora, reported New York Times.
And the 57-year-old filmmaker is also planning to explorethe freshwater lake teeming with eels. "I'm anxious to throwon a scuba tank and get down there," he said.
James Cameron brings the promise of a new national brand and awave of employment for hundreds of New Zealanders who areexpected to work on Avatar 2 and Avatar 3.
He shot parts of the first Avatar in Wellington andcompleted its visual effects work there.
To obtain governmental approval to buy the land, Cameronhad to agree to keep at least part of it as a working farm.
But the current operation built mostly around cows poses aproblem for him, as his wife, Suzy Amis, had pushed him andtheir children toward a plant-based diet.
"So we're looking for something more crop based. I don'twant to be a hypocrite," Cameron said.
Read: James Cameron postpones Avatar 2 release to 2015
This year, shortly before his solo trip to the bottom ofthe Mariana Trench, Cameron bought the land and now he expectsto absorb its magic while creating a pair of sequels that willbuild on the story of Pandora, reported New York Times.
And the 57-year-old filmmaker is also planning to explorethe freshwater lake teeming with eels. "I'm anxious to throwon a scuba tank and get down there," he said.
James Cameron brings the promise of a new national brand and awave of employment for hundreds of New Zealanders who areexpected to work on Avatar 2 and Avatar 3.
He shot parts of the first Avatar in Wellington andcompleted its visual effects work there.
To obtain governmental approval to buy the land, Cameronhad to agree to keep at least part of it as a working farm.
But the current operation built mostly around cows poses aproblem for him, as his wife, Suzy Amis, had pushed him andtheir children toward a plant-based diet.
"So we're looking for something more crop based. I don'twant to be a hypocrite," Cameron said.
