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This time, though, Cameron is really gonna make it happen hes not playing around!
(Thats three and a halfLord of the Ringstrilogies, sixWonder Womans, 66Hurt Lockers, and 250Moonlights.)
January 7, 2010:Days afterAvatarmade $1 billion, Cameron announces that were getting a sequel.
Yes, therell be another, hetells the crowdafter a screening in Los Angeles.
January 14, 2010:Now he says there wont just be another there will beseveralmore.
February 16, 2010:Were not only getting several more trips to Pandora, buta book!
I told myself, if it made money, Id write a book.
Your middle-school librarian nods in agreement.
August 7, 2010:NowAvatar 2andAvatar 3will be filmed back-to-back.
Were talking about that, that makes a lot of sense, given the nature of these productions.
We can bank all the capture and then go back and do cameras,he says.
March 7, 2010, an aside:Cameron loses the Oscar.
Part of my focus in the second film is in creating a different environment a different setting within Pandora.
October 27, 2010:Avatar 2andAvatar 3are definitely happening ASAP he passed on Sonys never-realizedCleopatrato work on them.
Cameron is shooting for a December 2014 and December 2015 release.
May 7, 2012:Not justAvatar 2andAvatar 3.
Now Cameron hasanAvatar 4in store too.
Literally, he says this: Im not interested in developing anything.
Heconfirmsit formally in August 2013.
December 2013:Avatar 2,Avatar 3, andAvatar 4will shoot in New Zealand.
Not sure when, but probably soon-ish?
April 12, 2014:Cameron saystheyre in preproduction!
Go ahead and set those iCal alerts.
So its a little delay, not a big delay.
If were using Google calendar by this point, adjust it accordingly.
April 28, 2015:Cameron isnt just giving usAvatar 2,Avatar 3, andAvatar 4.
Were gettingAvatar 5, too.
January 1, 2016:Hes losing steam.
How can he get it done?
The Wrap reports thatAvatar 2has been suspended indefinitely.
Hes back, baby!
Youll get them when you get them.
We havent moved that target yet, but we will if we need to,Cameron says.
September 25, 2017:Seven years later, Cameron hasstarted filming!
(You think theAvatarsequels are your ally?
You merely adopted theAvatarsequels.
I wasborn into them,molded by them!)
March 17, 2020:Things were going so well in the near-year between spring 2019 and spring 2020!
Production on theAvatarsequels, however, screeched to a halt due to the coronavirus.
Weta Digital would continue to work on the movies digital effects during the pause in production.
May 11, 2020:Lets be reasonable here: Production on all theseAvatarsequels can only last so long.
James Camrongave an update toEmpire, detailing his frustration with the production shutdown.
Its putting a major crimp in our stride here, he said.
So its all on hold right now.
We were about to shoot down in New Zealand, so that got pushed.
Were trying to get back to it as quick as we can.
Producer Jon Landau announced that production is resuming in June.
July 23, 2020:… Or not!
Disney pushes allAvatarsequels back a year, givingAvatar 2a new release date of December 2022. pic.twitter.com/qqIXRmW3D5
September 27, 2020:Avatar 2is almost done!Avatar 3is almost-almost done!
Were able to operate.
Were able to shoot and have a more or less normal life here.
The director wouldnt divulge any other details about the sequels.
I cant tell you anything about the story.
I believe in the mystery and the great reveal.
And I believe inAvatar!
March 11, 2022:Zoe Saldana says she cried watching the first 20 minutes of the upcomingAvatarsequel.
“I was speechless…I was moved to tears.
“Zoe Saldana saw 20-minutes of AVATAR 2.
Love this answer about James Cameron.
The underwater performance-capture technology should be incredible.#TheAdamProject#Avatar2pic.twitter.com/u79EOEsQHQ
April 27, 2022:Praise Eywa!
We officially have a title!
Avatar: The Way of Water pic.twitter.com/v5bFUIZLH0
May 9, 2022:Seapunk is back, baby.
Three days after debuting in theaters,TheWay of Watersfirst teaser trailersplashes its way onto YouTube.
On September 23#Avatarreturns to the big screen for a limited time only.
I had to work in a completely different way to play this character, a very physical way.
Weaver is also confident about her physical abilities in the film.
We had to do burpees.
We had to do free-diving.
Sigourney Weaver will be swimmin on throughThe Way of Water.
September 6, 2022:It is now officially 100 days untilThe Way of Wateropens in theaters.
November 7, 2022: Cameron reveals toTotal Filmthat there was a scrappedAvatarsequel titledAvatar: The Higher Ground.
Weve already shot the other damn movie.
I dont have to sell it to anybody.
To explain why, he elaborates on what Worthington said.
The director also teases a time jump, specifically on page 35 of the script in movie 4.
We jump as many years as we need to jump, he adds cryptically.
But time isnt the only thing broadening throughout theAvatarsequels.
Each movie is going to introduce audiences to new clans, new cultures on Pandora, Landau says.
Once we introduce a character, they stay a part of the ongoing evolution.
We just add to it.
So I thought,It happens, Falco said.
She has since learned that the film is out, but does she know if shes inAvatar 3?
I know what Im going to be doing the next six or seven years.
The point is were going to be okay.
Weve begun a franchise at this point, he portends.
Weve begun a saga that can now play out over multiple films.
The team is hard at work and cant wait to bring audiences back to Pandora in December 2025.
And we cant wait to drive our flying cars to get there.
February 5, 2024:James Cameron now believes theAvatarfilms may outlive him.
I mean, its not like were trying to come up with stories.
Hes got the stories, and we took the time to lay it out across all four sequels.
August 9, 2024:RIP The Seed Bearer.
Will Jake ever catch a break?
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