Avatar 2 announces end of 2019 filming with BTS photo!
It’s been a long road for James Cameron’s follow-ups to his box office smashing sci-fi blockbuster Avatar and the film’s official Twitter page shared exciting news for fans today that live-action filming on the sequel has wrapped! The page also celebrated the occasion with a behind-the-scenes look at a new set entitled the Sea Dragon, a “massive mothership that carries an array of other sea-going craft in the sequels.” The full image can be viewed in the gallery below!
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The cast of the Avatar franchise includes Kate Winslet, Edie Falco, Michelle Yeoh, Vin Diesel, Jemaine Clement, and Oona Chaplin alongside a slate of young actors. Returning cast members include Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Joel David Moore, Dileep Rao, Stephen Lang, Matt Gerald and Sigourney Weaver.
Cameron recently explained that Stephen Lang’s Colonel Miles Quaritch is coming back for all four sequels and will be the main villain throughout the story. Filming officially started on Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 on September 25, 2017.
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After some shuffling of the schedule, Avatar 2 has been pushed back a full year from December 18, 2020, to December 17, 2021. Avatar 3 has been pushed back two years December 17, 2021 to December 22, 2023. Avatar 4 will open two years after that on December 19, 2025 (originally December 20, 2024) and Avatar 5 will drop on December 17, 2027 (originally December 19, 2025). Although Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 will only be released with director James Cameron’s caveat that Avatar 2 and 3 are successful at the box office.
