James Cameron firing a car-sized crossbow on the Avatar set is the boost we all need today

James Cameron firing a car-sized crossbow on the Avatar set is the boost we all need today

On the press tour behind the December 2025 release of Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third movie in the Avatar saga, writer-director-producer James Cameron often seemed frustrated or exhausted. His interviews focused on the assumption that he'd used generative AI to make his movie, and whether the series could or should continue. It seemed clear that he was proud of the movie he'd made, but also vividly aware that he'd spent some 20 years of his care…