New
York,
(ANI):
After
mesmerizing
audiences
with
Avatar,
James
Cameron
is
set
to
wow
fans
as
he
puts
pen
to
paper
for
an
''Avatar''
prequel
novel,
producer
Jon
Landau
has
revealed.
Jon
Landau
told
MTV
News
that
the
novel
would
be
a
prequel.
"Not
a
novelization
-
and
there
is
a
distinction.
A
novelization
basically
retells
the
story
of
the
movie.
Jim
wants
to
write
a
novel
that
is
a
big
epic
that
fills
in
a
lot
of
things," the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
him,
as
saying.
He
added:
"It
would
be
something
that
would
lead
up
to
telling
the
story
of
the
movie,
but
it
would
go
into
much
more
depth
about
all
the
stories
that
we
didn''t
have
time
to
deal
with
-
like
the
schoolhouse
and
Sigourney
[Weaver''s
character]
teaching
at
the
schoolhouse;
Jake
on
earth
and
his
backstory
and
how
he
came
here;
[the
death
of]
Tommy,
Jake''s
brother;
and
Colonel
Quaritch,
how
he
ended
up
there
and
all
that."
The
book
would
be
the
Oscar-winning
director''s
debut
on
the
printed
page.
And
according
to
Landau
the
novel
will
be
out
soon.
He
said:
"I''m
hoping
by
the
end
of
this
year."