James Cameron revealed that a standard DVD/Blu-ray has been slated for release on April 22nd, and a special edition DVD and Blu-ray 3D version coming in November.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who is nominated for best director at the coming Oscars, said that with a wave of companies set to release 3-D compatible TVs, the time was right to issue his film in 3-D for the home viewer.

“It's all right on schedule,” said Cameron. “We'll do the Blu-ray and the standard def DVD April 22nd, that's our plan as of right now, and that'll be pretty much bare bones. And then we'll do a value-added DVD and a 3-D Blu-ray in I think November sometime.”

However, there are clearly some issues going on with distribution schedules. A spokesman for Fox Home Entertainment later said that the "3-D is in the conceptual stage and 'Avatar' will not be out on 3-D Blu-ray in November."] Cameron said he hopes to do a sequel to “Avatar” but he wants to do it “cheaper and faster.” He said the sequel will be “a continuation of the same characters. We're going to widen the universe in quotes, meaning the envelope of the setting of the story.”