How 'Avatar' director James Cameron became the king of the sequel https://ift.tt/xIf4abB James Cameron famously quoted the line "I'm the king of the world" when "Titanic" won best picture in 1998. But with "Avatar: The Way of Water" finally hitting theaters 13 years after the original -- joining "Aliens" and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" on the honor roll of Cameron-directed encores -- he might legitimately bear the title king of the sequel.