

Sci-fi goddess Sigourney Weaver will also be back as a wholly new character, saying: "Having read all four of, I think they're absolutely extraordinary and worth the wait." Look, there are people who are going to just adore this world," he told EW.

The actor isn't giving anything away about his unexpected return, although he has promised that the sequel is worth the extended wait. James Cameron explained: "I'm not going to say exactly HOW we're bringing him back, but it's a science fiction story, after all." He said that he'll be able to "really go to town and examine the character in detail" in the sequel (via The National). Stephen Lang is back as the dead Colonel Miles Quaritch, and he's going to be the main villain of the four movies. Zoe Saldana will reprise the role of the Na'vi princess Neytiri, with Sam Worthington also returning as the human-turned-Na'vi, Jake Sully. The core cast of the original Avatar are all on contract, so Cameron's stars will be back in when it finally hits. Avatar 2 cast: Who will return to Avatar 2? However, the BBC reported (way back in November 2018) that the films could be called Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: The Seed Bearer, Avatar: The Tulkun Rider and Avatar: The Quest for Eywa.Ĭameron later confirmed these are potential titles, but could be subject to change. While we've been calling them Avatar 2, Avatar 3 and so on, there hasn't been any official confirmation on what they will be called. Avatar sequel titles: What will Avatar 2 be called? "It was a seven-year gap between The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, seven-year gap between Alien and Aliens," he said. Through it all though, Cameron has been completely chilled out about any delays. The sequel was then set for a December 2020 release before Disney shifted it again to December 2021, after completing the takeover of Fox, and that brings us right up to the latest delay. Next, in January 2017, Avatar 2 was delayed again, the assumption being that it ran scared after Star Wars: The Last Jedi moved from May to December 2017. James Cameron blamed the "very involved" writing process for the delays.

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The announcement of a fourth Avatar movie pushed the whole lot back, and then they were all pushed back again, with Avatar 2 planned for December 2017 (and the rest set for 20 presumably). In January the following year, it was announced that work on the motion-capture element of the film would start by August 2017, but it actually began in September. Looking back on it, it seems almost absurd that Avatar 2 was scheduled for release in December 2014, and Avatar 3 was scheduled for December 2015.Īfter delays filming was meant to start on Avatar 2 in April 2016, but April came and went, and filming never began.
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If you want the full story of the sequel's long and drawn-out journey to the screen, here goes. So I needed everything before then, and then everything after, we'll do later." Avatar 2: Why has it taken so long? They're allowed to age six years in the middle of the story on page 25 of movie 4. "Anything that had to be done with a specific actor, we did all the scenes for 2 and 3 together – and a little bit of 4," he told Variety. In December 2021, he revealed he'd already filmed some of Avatar 4 due to the young cast. Given that we've got three other movies to come, Cameron has been working on all of them in recent years. In September 2020, Cameron revealed that they were "100% complete" on Avatar 2 and around 95% finished on Avatar 3. The sequel started filming in 2017, but given the movie is a mix of live-action and motion capture elements, it's not a surprise it's taken a while. To cut a long story short, Avatar 2 is finally going to be released on December 16, 2022, having been pushed back from December 2021 due to the ongoing global health crisis. Avatar 2 release date: When will Avatar 2 be out cinemas? Here's everything you need to know about the long-delayed sequel to James Cameron's blockbuster. But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves and concentrate on Avatar 2 for now. If the sequel does arrive this year, it'll kickstart a succession of sequels every other year until Avatar 5 in December 2028. To build up to its release, we've even started to get the first plot details about what to expect from our return to Pandora. As we touch every bit of wood around us, it seems as though the sequel will finally hit cinemas in December 2022.
