Following the success of 2022’s Avatar: The Method Of Water, Disney has introduced that the subsequent three movies in James Cameron‘s epic sci-fi franchise have been delayed.
Per a report from Selection, Disney has pushed again the third Avatar movie by a full yr from December 2024 to December 2025. Consequently, the 2 following movies within the sci-fi franchise have additionally delayed by three years to 2029 and 2031 respectively.
Which means the ultimate movie within the Avatar franchise is about to premiere a whopping 22 years after the unique 2009 movie’s debut. Avatar 3 was filmed concurrently alongside Avatar: The Method Of Water.
Disney has but to share a purpose for the delays, although franchise producer Jon Landau took to Twitter on June 13 to clarify that the movies are an “epic enterprise that takes time to carry to the standard degree we as filmmakers attempt for and audiences have come to count on”.
Every Avatar movie is an thrilling however epic enterprise that takes time to carry to the standard degree we as filmmakers attempt for and audiences have come to count on. The crew is difficult at work and may’t wait to carry audiences again to Pandora in December 2025. pic.twitter.com/DrFX01qzTa
— Jon Landau (@jonlandau) June 13, 2023
“The crew is difficult at work and may’t wait to carry audiences again to Pandora in December 2025,” Landau added. Franchise creator and director James Cameron has but to touch upon the delays.
Avatar: The Method Of Water remodeled $1billion (£831m) on the world field workplace in simply 14 days following its launch, making it the quick movie of 2022 to succeed in that achievement. The movie can also be now the third highest-grossing movie of all time.
Again in December, Cameron revealed he shot scenes for the third and fourth movies within the franchise prematurely to keep away from Stranger Issues-style ageing points with the youthful forged members. He additionally beforehand revealed that he was ready to finish the franchise after the third movie if The Method Of Water wasn’t a field workplace success.