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New York: Producer Jon Landau has revealed that unlike James Cameron's first 'Avatar' that was shot largely on a green screen performance-capture stage, parts two and three will be shot partially underwater. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 52-year-old said at the NAB Technology Summit on Cinema that they have kept a team of digital artists from the first film, in order to test how they can create performance capture underwater. Landau told the New York Daily News that though they could simulate water in computer graphics, they can't simulate the actor's experience, so they are going to capture performance in a tank. He said that they wanted to take advantage of the technology that people are putting out there to make the next two movies more engaging and visually tantalizing, and wrap up the story arc of the two main characters. The Academy Award winner added that they are trying to stay as current as possible with the digital technology.

Wellington: James Cameron has revealed that he had it tough making 'Avatar' as compared to Sir Peter Jackson with the 'Lord of the Rings'. The 59-year-old filmmaker, who is planning to direct 'Avatar 2', said in an interview with Life Goes Strong that he has spoken to Jackson about the challenges of creating a film not based on a novel, Stuff.nz reported. The 'Terminator' director said that making the sequels was easy for Jackson because they were based on a book, but for him it is difficult to make the second part of the science fiction film as he has to create his own books in his head and extract a script from it. He added that he is deep into the second movie and living in Pandora, which is the fictional universe he created for the film.