Washington, March 9 -- Filmmaker James Cameron recently revealed that the upcoming third installment in his Avatar franchise will actually be longer than 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water, which ran three hours and 12 minutes long, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"In a nutshell, we had too many great ideas packed into act one of movie 2," said Cameron, adding, "The film was moving like a bullet train, and we weren't drilling down enough on character. So I said, 'Guys, we've got to split it.'"

The director added, "Movie 3 will actually be a little bit longer than movie 2," as per the outlet.

For him, however, the film's length doesn't matter, as the first two films are some of the biggest theatrical releases to date. 2009's Avatar ho...