Avatar producer Jon Landau has revealed that James Cameron is working on a prequel novel to his record-breaking blockbuster. In a recent interview, Landau said that the book would flesh out lead character Jake Sully’s backstory on Earth before he journeys to Pandora.

Landau said,

“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”