AVATAR 3 And 4 Details Shared By Filmmaker James Cameron; Teases A "Big Time Jump In Movie Four"

AVATAR 3 And 4 Details Shared By Filmmaker James Cameron; Teases A "Big Time Jump In Movie Four"

Filmmaker James Cameron remains hard at work on the next three Avatar movies and has now shared an update on where things stand with the third and fourth instalments. Find more details after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Dec 15, 2023 06:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Avatar
Source: People (via SFFGazette.com)

Avatar: The Way of Water proved to be a record-breaking hit for Disney when it opened last December and filmmaker James Cameron remains hard at work on the next three instalments of the hit sci-fi franchise. 

In an interview with People (via SFFGazette.com), Cameron offered an update on how work is progressing on the third chapter. "We did the capture on three and the live-action photography on three as an intermingled production with [Avatar: The Way of Water]," he confirms, "and we even did part of movie four because our young characters are all going to have a big time jump in movie four."

Unsurprisingly, a great deal of work on the movies has overlapped and Cameron would go on to share more about what fans can expect from 2029's Avatar 4

"We see them and then we go away for six years and we come back," he said of the aforementioned time-jump. "And so the part where we come back is the part we haven't shot yet. So we'll start on that after three is released."

Let's not jump the gun too much, though, and back to that third movie, Cameron went on to reveal Kate Winslet will return to reprise her role as Ronal and says she "went to school" to learn from "a husband and wife shaman practice." Why? "When you see her [Winslet] doing that purification ritual to try to revive Kitty in the film and some of the stuff that she's going to do in movie three, that's based on actual practice," the director reveals.

Love or hate the Avatar movies, from a technical standpoint alone, Cameron's work on the sci-fi franchise has been extraordinary. It's previously been revealed that the action will move to Earth in that fourth movie, with Neytiri likely to be captured and taken to Jake's old home. 

As we know from Cameron's past work, he's not one for bittersweet endings, so their story may not end on the happy note that the first Avatar movie suggested. 

Earlier this year, Avatar 3 was pushed back to December 19, 2025, with Avatar 4 later moved to December 21, 2029. That leaves Avatar 5 pencilled in for a December 19, 2031 release. 

When that fifth instalment comes out, it will have been over two decades since Avatar was released in 2009. As far as we're aware, it's also where Cameron intends to end this story, though it's certainly possible he'll choose to make Avatar 6 at some point in the coming years. 

Stay tuned for updates as we have them. 

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 12/15/2023, 6:59 AM
While I am a fan of the tech he's created, it's time to tell a top notch story. This is where his story team comes into play. I'm expecting excellence like always
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 12/15/2023, 7:25 AM
But is it going to be good this time?
Because the first two were so boring and forgettable.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 12/15/2023, 7:29 AM
Have America Chavez punch her way into Pandora - she and the blue guys can fight because of a misunderstanding and then team up later to battle the white guys and end up being BFFs.
Typhoon20
Typhoon20 - 12/15/2023, 7:31 AM
So sad. One of the greatest blockbuster filmmakers is wasting his career on this garbage. I can't believe this is the guy who gave us Terminator 2. We will probably never see him create something else besides this shit franchise. He's not getting any younger.
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 12/15/2023, 7:56 AM
@Typhoon20 - Cameron has said elsewhere that because of said time gap, he might make Last Train to Hiroshima, the real life story of a Nagasaki businessman traveling to Hiroshima who was hit by both nuclear explosions, in the gap between Avatar 3 and 4.
Vigor
Vigor - 12/15/2023, 8:26 AM
@DalekCraigWasson - now that sounds like an interesting concept !
Vigor
Vigor - 12/15/2023, 8:25 AM
I hope he makes a dozen of these. Avatar 2 in IMAX was one of my most memorable times at the movies. Right alongside endgame, mortal kombat from the 90s, blade 2, and godzilla minus one in 4DX.
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 12/15/2023, 8:28 AM
@Vigor - it was great to see in theaters because of how immersive the movie is
I tried to watch it on tv, and if you take away the immersion, it's quite boring
Vigor
Vigor - 12/15/2023, 8:33 AM
@Usernametaken - I had just become a father. And I had a few beers throughout the movie. So you can bet all the father and family themes
in imax hit me like a ton of bricks 🥲

But yeah I'm sure a second rewatch at home won't be the same
PC04
PC04 - 12/15/2023, 11:05 AM
meh.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 12/15/2023, 11:51 AM
What’s funny is in the second one I knew that older brother was gonna die cause they gave him absolutely no character development at all he was just there the whole movie. And people say Cameron is a genius, dudes a hack. 🤷‍♂️🤣
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/15/2023, 12:33 PM

This article will make the Avatards all squishy.

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