Filmmaker James Cameron has opened up on the highly anticipated follow-up to his 2009 blockbuster Avatar, which is set to hit cinemas in 2022, and said there is a lot of pressure on big-budget movies following the impact of the pandemic and streaming.

He said, “The big issue is: Are we going to make any damn money? Big, expensive films have got to make a lot of money. We’re in a new world post-COVID, post-streaming. Maybe those numbers will never be seen again. Who knows? It’s all a big roll of the dice.”