Do you mean Avatar, the James Cameron sci-fi movie franchise, or Avatar: The Last Airbender, the cherished animated fantasy series? To make matters more confusing, it’s possible that saying “Avatar, the animated series” soon won’t be specific enough. Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesWhile speaking with Empire Magazine, James Cameron revealed that he’s spoken with Disney, the parent company of Avatar’s distributor, about possibly producing an animated spinoff. Cameron compares his idea for an Avatar animated spinoff to The Animatrix. Warner Bros.Cameron compares his proposal to a less recent spinoff series: The Animatrix, the animated anthology made by the Wachowskis in 2003 to complement the Matrix.