Nevertheless, it has been argued that interest in this franchise has waned during its 13-year absence, especially as that timeframe has seen the likes of Marvel Studios change the landscape of blockbuster cinema.<\/p>\n
However, the team behind the movie seem confident that the lush vistas of Pandora will tempt audiences back, including star Zoe Saldana, who has teased the film\u2019s technological breakthroughs and emotional heft.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was finally able to crack that challenge; that whole thing that you can\u2019t imitate water virtually through performance capture,\u201d she began in an interview with reporter Kevin McCarthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was just a challenge he had taken upon himself and it took him years and he did it. It\u2019s powerful, it\u2019s compelling. I can get choked up just talking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n Saldana added: \u201cI was able to see just 20 minutes of the second instalment right before the year ended, last year [2021], and I was speechless. I was moved to tears.\u201d<\/p>\n With statements like that, it\u2019s understandable that movie fans are keen to feast their eyes on Avatar 2 footage themselves, with recent speculation claiming they\u2019ll be able to do just that in the near future.<\/p>\n The Ankler<\/a> reports that Disney is planning to debut the first Avatar 2 trailer before much-anticipated Marvel flick Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/a>, which is due for UK release in May.<\/p>\n For more on what to expect from Avatar 2, read on for everything we know so far.<\/p>\n Avatar 2 has seen numerous delays over the last decade or so, most recently due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the latest release date it has landed on seems to be its most plausible yet.<\/p>\n Therefore, we\u2019re saying with some confidence that movie-goers can expect to see Avatar 2 in cinemas on\u00a0Friday 16th December 2022<\/strong>, roughly 13 years to the day since the release of the first film.<\/p>\n Filming on the sequels took such a long time because of the technological advancements required to tell the story and the logistical challenges of filming Avatar 2, 3 and 4 at the same time.<\/p>\n Following the latest shuffle of Warner Bros release dates, Avatar 2 will now be going up against Shazam! Fury of the Gods at the box office, with the director of the DC Comics sequel recently acknowledging his tough competition.<\/p>\n \u201cPoor James Cameron must be shaking in his boots right now,\u201d tweeted<\/a> David F Sandberg in March 2022. Here\u2019s hoping there\u2019s enough room at the multiplex for both films to find an audience.<\/p>\n Once the first Avatar sequel is finally released, fans won\u2019t have so long to wait for further adventures on Pandora, as Avatar 3 is slated for just two years later on 20th December 2024.<\/p>\n There will be another two years before the following entry, as Avatar 4 is currently due to arrive on 18th December 2026, while the fifth movie will launch on 22nd December 2028.<\/p>\n Of course, take this ambitious plan with a grain of salt; Avatar 2 was initially scheduled for release in 2014, so that gives you an idea of just how unreliable these official dates have been up until now.<\/p>\n However, it does bode well that much of the principal photography for the first trilogy is now complete, with Cameron offering an update to Dune director Denis Villeneuve as part of Variety\u2019s Directors on Directors<\/a> series.<\/p>\n \u201c[Avatar] 2 is kind of fully in the can, we have a working cut that we\u2019re filling in the visual effects and I feel pretty confident with that film,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201c[Avatar] 3 is still a bit shadowy, it\u2019s way too long and I haven\u2019t really turned my energy into a disciplined cutting process on that yet, but I know I\u2019ve got it. I know I\u2019ve got the performances and that\u2019s the important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI\u2019ve done all the capture and I\u2019ve done most of the live-action shooting. I still have a little bit on some of the adult characters because we were more concerned with the kids ageing out [of their roles].\u201d<\/p> BBC News previously reported that it had \u201cseen documentation\u201d which revealed the titles for the four sequels<\/a> as the following:<\/p>\n However, nothing has been officially confirmed just yet and, even if the documentation is accurate, the titles could very well change before release.<\/p>\n A key focus of the Avatar sequels will continue to be the characters of Jake Sully and Neytiri, played by Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana respectively, who reportedly will have started a family together in the sequel.<\/p>\n Interestingly, Cameron\u2019s longtime collaborator Sigourney Weaver has stated she will also return for the next movie, but told The Jonathan Ross Show<\/a> back in 2015 that she won\u2019t be playing the same character.<\/p>\n That makes sense given that the fate of Dr Grace Augustine was left uncertain by the events of the first film, although it appears that death will be no major obstacle in this sci-fi saga.<\/p>\n Case in point: it has also been confirmed that Stephen Lang (Don\u2019t Breathe<\/a>) will be returning for the sequels as the villainous Colonel Miles Quaritch, who was killed after waging an immoral war against the Na\u2019vi in the first film\u2019s final act.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not going to say exactly how we\u2019re bringing him back, but it\u2019s a science fiction story, after all,\u201d Cameron told Deadline<\/a> in 2013. His character will evolve into really unexpected places across the arc of our new three-film saga.\u201d<\/p>\n Other returning cast members include Giovanni Ribisi as corporate stooge Parker Selfridge, Matt Gerald as mercenary Lyle Wainfleet and CCH Pounder as Neytiri\u2019s mother Mo\u2019at, while Joel David Moore and Dileep Rao reprise their roles as Jake\u2019s human allies Dr Norm Spellman and Dr Max Patel.<\/p>\n In addition to reuniting much of his original cast, Cameron has also made some big-name additions to the Avatar universe, including a reunion with his Titanic star Kate Winslet.<\/p>\n The actor, who recently earned acclaim for her harrowing role on HBO\u2019s Mare of Easttown<\/a>, will play a free-diving Na\u2019vi of the reef tribe Metkayina named Ronal.<\/p>\n Cliff Curtis (The Meg<\/a>) plays Tonowari, the leader of the water-dwelling people, with relative newcomers Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo and Duane Evans Jr among the other members of the clan.<\/p>\n Nurse Jackie star Edie Falco will play a military commander working for the sinister Resources Development Administration (or RDA), while Brendan Cowell (Press) is a Pandora-based hunter working for the private sector.<\/p>\n Michelle Yeoh (Star Trek: Discovery<\/a>) and Jemaine Clement (What We Do in the Shadows<\/a>) have also joined the project as scientists Dr Karina Mogue and Dr Ian Garvin respectively.<\/p>\n It has also been confirmed that Oona Chaplin (Taboo<\/a>), Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious<\/a>) and CJ Jones (Baby Driver<\/a>) will also be part of the Avatar saga, but little is known about their characters at this stage.<\/p>\n Behind the camera, Simon Franglen (Titanic) has been brought on board to score all the forthcoming Avatar sequels after the original composer, James Horner, passed away in 2015 (as explained by producer Jon Landau<\/a>).<\/p>\n James Cameron has revealed only a few details about Avatar 2, the most important being that much of the story will take place underwater around a settlement by the Metkayina people.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a tremendous amount of water work across Avatar two and three,\u201d Cameron told Collider<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s ongoing into four and five, but the emphasis is on two and three.\u201d<\/p>\n More recently, Avatar 2 star Stephen Lang said that fans will be \u201cenchanted and fascinated\u201d by the upcoming films.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, there are people who are going to just adore this world,\u201d he told Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s just a beautifully imagined universe that Cameron has conceived of here.<\/p>\n \u201cThe partners we have, the people working by his [side], are committed to the vision of it and they bring so much to the table, from the actors to the caterers and everybody else. I\u2019m looking forward to it as much as everyone else. It\u2019s been so long in the making, so long a part of my life.<\/p>\n In May 2020, a teaser picture of the cast doing some motion-capture work in a 900,000 gallon water tank was released online, showing that Cameron wasn\u2019t kidding about the scale of the work.<\/p>\n From the set of the sequels: @ZoeSaldana<\/a>, Sam Worthington, Kate Winslet, and Cliff Curtis taking a break from underwater performance capture for a quick photo!Avatar 2 release date (plus Avatar 3, 4 and 5)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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