In August 1996, Cameron announced that soon after finishing Titanic, he would movie Avatar, which would make use of synthetic, or laptop-produced, actors. Machine Design. Vol. 65, no. sixteen. August 13, 1993. p. Pilot Trudy Chacón, disgusted by Quaritch's brutality, airlifts Jake, Grace, and Norm to Grace's outpost. Mo'at frees Jake and Grace, but they are detached from their avatars and imprisoned by Quaritch's forces.