FTA: "Often the story of what happened in between films is grander, and far stranger, than what eventually got made."<p>Okay... is that really the end of the article? I'm disappointed with how flippant this sounds, but: I think this article is the joke, and that Wired article is the punchline.<p>(Note: I know there's a 'video slideshow' at the end, but I don't think it mentions Cameron...)
You should read the Wired article on James Cameron / Avatar, which goes into nice detail of how his idea for Avatar began, where there were delays, and a brief history of his other film career: <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/ff_avatar_cameron/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/ff_avatar_cameron/</a>