After the first film in the Avatar series was released the way back in 2008, people had to wait a decade and a half for the sequel to the story with Avatar: Way of Water. But thanks to the exceptional vision of filmmaker James Cameron, the project was yet again a smashing success, quickly becoming one of the most commercially and critically successful films of all time.
Now, with the almost intimidating success that the last film received, Cameron can initiate his plan to expand the franchise further with the production of Avatar 3, with a completion window somewhere in 2025. But surpassing those expectations, the director has revealed that Avatar 4 is also being developed in parallel, revealing the potential release date in 2029.
James Cameron Has Exciting News To Share About Avatar 4
While the second film of the franchise took more than a decade to make its way to the theatres, the wait for Avatar: Way of Water was well worth it, which is apparent through the box office success that it proved to be. Thus, James Cameron seems to have made up his mind and doubled down on his efforts to create an entire franchise around the series for the future.
Thus, along with the production of the next film in the series, he has also slowly started to reveal what the fourth film of the franchise would look like.
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Through interviews with multiple sources, the Titanic director has revealed key pieces of information regarding the proposed Avatar 4 which we will see once the third film in the series is released. So far, Cameron has revealed that the development phase of the film has already started and that penning the script and screenplay might be completed shortly.
#Avatar4 details
• Has a 6-year time jump
• Filming continues after #Avatar3 releases
• Script got zero notes from the studio — all they said back was ‘holy fuck’
• Releases in theater December 21, 2029 pic.twitter.com/s1jixK7RWu
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) December 12, 2023
Along with that, he also revealed that the production of the film will start as soon as Avatar 3 is released, which is expected to be somewhere around the holiday season of 2025. He also claimed that the story will take a major turn in the film as it will be narrated six years in the future after the events of the third film.
Finally, to put the fans’ minds at ease, Cameron revealed that the fourth film is eyeing a release date of December 21, 2029.
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What To Expect From Avatar 3?
The fate of Avatar 3 was somewhere behind a thick mist with the SAG-AFTRA strikes that were recently concluded.
With that conclusion, the production of the film was also concluded, which is why Avatar 3 will be going into a stable post-production routine for the coming two years. the director also revealed that he would be shooting all the films in the franchise going forward in Wellington, New Zealand, where the previous two films were shot.
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Avatar: Way of Water, streaming on Disney+.
