Avatar Director James Cameron Wasn't a Big Fan of Star Wars 7

While Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the most successful film ever released in North America, it was held off the top slot worldwide by Avatar and Titanic. Now James Cameron, who directed both of those box office titans, has spoken about what he thought of the latest Star Wars movie, and it's not hugely positive.

Indiewire have uncovered a Youtube interview in which the director is asked about his opinions of The Force Awakens. "George Lucas is a friend of mine and he and I were having a good conversation the other day about it," Cameron said. "I don't want to say too much about the film because I also have a lot of respect for [director] JJ Abrams, and I want to see where they're taking it next, to see what they're doing with it.

"I have to say that I felt that George's group of six films had more innovative visual imagination, and this film was more of a retrenchment to things you had seen before and characters you had seen before. It took a few baby steps forward with new characters. So for me the jury's out, I wanna see where they go with it."

Cameron himself is currently working on the sequel to Avatar. Although it was originally set for a 2017 release, the film is yet to begin production and currently has no official release date.

In April, it was reported that Cameron plans to shoot no fewer than four new Avatar movies simultaneously. He told Variety: "We have decided to embark on a truly massive cinematic project, making four epic films, each of which stands alone but together forms a complete saga."