March 7, 2010, an aside: Cameron loses the Oscar. But really, he’s focused on the prequel novel: “I didn’t want to do some cheesy novelization,” he says, “where some hack comes in and makes shit up.” We can bank all the capture and then go back and do cameras,” he says. “We’re talking about that, that makes a lot of sense, given the nature of these productions. Your middle-school librarian nods in agreement.Īugust 7, 2010: Now Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 will be filmed back-to-back. There are things you can do in books that you can’t do with films,” Cameron says. “It just makes sense to think of it as a two or three film arc, in terms of the business plan.”įebruary 16, 2010: We’re not only getting several more trips to Pandora, but a book! “I told myself, if it made money, I’d write a book. “I’ve had a story line in mind from the start - there are even scenes in Avatar that I kept in because they lead to the sequel,” he tells EW. January 14, 2010: Now he says there won’t just be another - there will be several more. “Yes, there’ll be another,” he tells the crowd after a screening in Los Angeles. "I would maybe like to see Ellie and Joel dancing with a banana," he said.įor now, it's clear that even if a Fortnite crossover is planned, Lake is sworn to secrecy, but I'm holding out hope that the grumpy writer and his new co-protagonist, Saga, will be exchanged for my V-Bucks before Halloween.January 7, 2010: Days after Avatar made $1 billion, Cameron announces that we’re getting a sequel. Given the party atmosphere Epic's battle royale maintains, I suggested that maybe The Last of Us characters haven't appeared in Fortnite yet because Naughty Dog or Sony finds it would diminish the brand, what with its somber and serious tone. Still, I often wonder if some developers or publishers worry that Fortnite can diminish a brand rather than raise its profile. With Alan Wake 2 launching exclusively via EGS for PC players (in addition to Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions) this fall, a Wake crossover feels likely, I'll say as someone who has written tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of words on both games. Some Fortnite gaming crossovers have been timed to coincide with particular launches, like the Goat Simulator 3 goat skin, which arrived when the game launched as an Epic Games Store (EGS) exclusive on PC, or when a trio of Destiny 2 skins arrived in the item shop just as the game debuted in Epic's digital storefront. To date, crossovers have included Uncharted, God of War, Halo, Street Fighter, Rocket League, and many other major properties. Epic's past gaming crossovers, in which characters from other series show up as skins for sale in Fortnite's item shop, make up a long list. While Lake chuckled at the idea, I couldn't help but wonder if this was already in the works and he simply couldn't say more. Then we could seriously talk about it and think about it." "Let's see if they would be interested in something like that. "I think that would be an interesting thought and a conversation to be had with them," said Lake. And yet, with Epic Games publishing, there also seems to be a strong possibility of Alan Wake himself, and new co-lead Saga Anderson, coming to the bubbly and bright Fortnite in the future.Įverything seems to come to Fortnite eventually, so during a longer talk with Remedy creative director Sam Lake, I took a second to get Remedy's temperature on a possible crossover. The Seven-inspired sequel is sure to be a moody horror story. It is, after all, Remedy's first survival-horror game and focuses largely on ritualistic and cultish murders in the Pacific Northwest. When Alan Wake 2 arrives this October, it may wind up as one of the year's darkest and scariest experiences.
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