AVATAR Star Stephen Lang Confirms Production Has Begun On Fourth Movie Over Half A Decade Before It's Released

AVATAR Star Stephen Lang Confirms Production Has Begun On Fourth Movie Over Half A Decade Before It's Released

There's just shy of six years to go before Avatar 4 arrives in theaters and star Stephen Lang has now confirmed that production is already underway on the movie. Check out a behind-the-scenes photo here...

By JoshWilding - Jan 31, 2024 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Avatar
Source: SFFGazette.com

There was a massive 13-year gap between the release of Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, and while we won't be waiting quite as long for the third instalment, the fourth - which has now officially started production - is still over half a decade away. 

As we first reported on SFFGazette.com, Miles Quaritch actor Stephen Lang has taken to Instagram to confirm cameras are now rolling on the untitled Avatar 4, revealing his villain will still be around by the time the events of the fourth instalment take place. In The Way of Water, we saw him have something of a crisis of conscience after discovering he had a son, suggesting Quaritch might change allegiance now his mind resides in a Na'vi body.

"Deja Blu all over again," Lang wrote, sharing a glimpse at his motion capture suit complete with a 1st Recom patch.

This comes after lead star Sam Worthington recently confirmed he'd start working on the movie at the beginning of February. "We go back to work on it in a month and it’s big," he said. "It’s bigger than you can imagine." 

As for director James Cameron, his last update came our way a couple of months ago when he confirmed plans for a time jump which will likely shift focus to the younger cast (who will then be adults). "We did the capture on three and the live-action photography on three as an intermingled production with [Avatar: The Way of Water], 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," the filmmaker explained. "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."

Last 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 the fifth instalment comes out, it will have been over two decades since Avatar was released way back 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 should these next few instalments prove to be as successful as Avatar: The Way of Water.

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VamP5659
VamP5659 - 1/31/2024, 10:07 AM
I can't wait for Avatar X: Blue Family.
Reginator
Reginator - 1/31/2024, 10:12 AM
@VamP5659 - Avatar XI: The Blue Man Group
VamP5659
VamP5659 - 1/31/2024, 10:14 AM
@Reginator - Avatar XII: I'm Blue, Daba-Dee, Daba-Da.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/31/2024, 10:33 AM
@VamP5659 - Avatar Vs Smurfs.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/31/2024, 10:08 AM
Who uses a half decade as a unit of measurement?
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 1/31/2024, 10:25 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - SFFGazette's finest!
PC04
PC04 - 1/31/2024, 10:17 AM
When does the Avatar X Godzilla crossover come out?
mountainman
mountainman - 1/31/2024, 10:18 AM
Avatar - Forrest tribe
Avatar 2 - Ocean tribe
Avatar 3 - Dessert tribe
Avatar 4 - Mountain tribe
Avatar 5 - Space tribe
UncleHarm1
UncleHarm1 - 1/31/2024, 11:44 AM
@mountainman - Dessert Tribe, is that like Cake Boss?
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 1/31/2024, 11:54 AM
@UncleHarm1 - 😂😂😂😂😂
mountainman
mountainman - 1/31/2024, 12:04 PM
@UncleHarm1 - I don’t get the reference but we will go with “yes” as the answer to your question.
santoanderson
santoanderson - 1/31/2024, 10:21 AM
I’m assuming we never see human Quaritch again? Lang had definitely aged in the flashback/video recording scenes in Avatar 2. Dude’s gonna be 90 by the time Avatar 5 comes out.
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 1/31/2024, 10:23 AM
I know people are a bit whatever on Avatar, but I have to imagine getting to work with James Cameron is an incredibly rewarding experience. And especially for them on these movies getting to see the final product (compared to what it's like for them on set) has to be mind blowing.
Saga
Saga - 1/31/2024, 10:25 AM
I loved part 2, James Cameron is the goat. Part 3 so excited
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 1/31/2024, 10:29 AM
I’m only into soulless cgi fest films if we see the Marvel Studios or Star Wars logos as the intro.



Nomis929
Nomis929 - 1/31/2024, 10:31 AM
Never Bet against James Cameron.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/31/2024, 10:46 AM
@Nomis929 - Nope, he knows a thing or two about making billion dollar movies.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 1/31/2024, 1:46 PM
@marvel72 - His track record of making movies successful that everyone said they won't be is amazing!

"Don't make a sequel to Alien, you can't do horror."

"You making Terminator a "Good Guy" in the sequel, it'll never work."

"You making A 3 hour moive about the Titanic? nobody wil see it, we know how it ends."

"A movie with CGi actors? Who wants to see that."

"The sequel to Avatar will never make any money"

yeah, whatever

Never. Never. Nver. Nver. Bet against James Cameron.

AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 1/31/2024, 10:33 AM
Death, taxes and people looking dumb betting against Cameron are the only things guaranteed in life👮
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 1/31/2024, 10:53 AM
The first two films were not good. I have no faith in the next lot.
ziexxx
ziexxx - 1/31/2024, 10:57 AM
The CGI is incredible, every detail is mind blowing, the movies look fantastically gorgeous..

Story wise tho ? Pocahontas with giant blue aliens and bland dialogues... but hey, to each its own
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 1/31/2024, 11:38 AM
@ziexxx - couldnt of said it better myself
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 1/31/2024, 11:38 AM
Does nobody else find it absurd they are filming NOW for a movie that comes out in 6 years.... that just seems ridiculous to me, but what do i know
Fogs
Fogs - 1/31/2024, 12:40 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - That only shows how little it has to do with real camera work nowadays.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 1/31/2024, 11:50 AM
Man....They are not playing with this Avatar franchise. Seeing how well its done so far....I cant blame them.
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 1/31/2024, 11:57 AM
The second film made way less money in comparison to the first when you look at total numbers and take inflation into account. This series already has diminishing returns.

I’m bold/ dumb enough to bet against Cameron.

The man could probably find these films till eternity but that doesn’t mean they’ll have profit margins to boast.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 1/31/2024, 12:33 PM
I watch over 50 movies in thestres euch year (my record is 120 movies in 2009 and 2010).

I havn't watched Avatar 2 and i havn't watched Oppenheimer.

That being said only a fool bets against James Cameron.
Avatar 3 is going to make more than $1 billion.
Oppenheimer will probably win a few Oscars and reach $1 billion.
ThorArms
ThorArms - 1/31/2024, 12:46 PM
Big time jump? Setting up for Jake to die in the next one huh
Fogs
Fogs - 1/31/2024, 12:47 PM
The money laundering can't stop.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 1/31/2024, 9:05 PM
At some point, the audience will turn on this just like they have turned against the Emm She Ewe, especially the noteworthy and major flop The Marvels
Nolanite out

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