The sequel to 2009 hit Avatar has been delayed a year and will not be released until 2017, James Cameron has revealed

詹姆斯·卡梅隆透露，2009年的大热影片《阿凡达》续集要推迟一年，直到2017年才会上映。

The Oscar-winning director of Aliens and Titanic¹ said he is working on three new Avatar films at the same time.

这名导演了《异形》和《泰坦尼克号》并获奥斯卡的导演说道，他同一时间在做三部新《阿凡达》电影。

The first film was supposed to be out in December 2016, but Cameron said writing the stories had become "very involved".

第一部本应该在2016年12月推出，但是卡梅隆说撰写脚本变得“很复杂”。

"There's a layer of complexity² in getting the story to work as a saga³ across three films," he explained.“

三部电影讲述一个传奇冒险的故事为此增加了一层复杂性，”他解释道。

Cameron said the goal was to have the scripts for the three movies completed by the end of this month so that filming can begin.

卡梅隆说，他的目标是这个月末，三部电影的脚本能得以完成，这样电影才能开拍。

"We're writing three simultaneously⁴ and we've done that so that everything tracks throughout the three films," he told the Associated Press.

他告诉美联社：“我们同时在写三部的脚本，而且我们已经完成了，这样贯穿三部的故事才能展开。”

"We're not just going to do one and then make up another one and another one after that.“

我们不是做一部，然后再写下一部，再接着第三部这样分开写。

"And parallel with that, we're doing all the design. So we've designed all the creatures and the environments."

“比较而言，我们一次性铺设全部。所以我们已经设计了全部的生物和环境架构。”

Cameron said he thought it was important that each film linked forward to the next one in a satisfying way, but also came to a resolution that did not leave the audience hanging.

卡梅隆说，他觉得每部电影和下一部完美的承接很重要，不过不要让观众悬着一颗心也需要个解决方案。

The three films will be shot in New Zealand, where some of the original film was also made.

三部电影会在新西兰拍摄，也就是09年的阿凡达的拍摄地。