'Avatar 2' Release DateNews : Sequel Not Coming in 2018 After All
Although motion capture production for it begins this August, the highly anticipated film "Avatar 2" will not be released next year, director James Cameron has revealed.
In an interview with Toronto Star, Cameron said that the 2018 launch "is not happening." The film was slated for release holiday of that year.
"Avatar 2" was originally set for a Christmas 2016 release and was delayed to holiday 2017, which had moviegoers excited for its potential showdown with "Star Wars: Episode 8 – The Last Jedi."
"We haven't announced a firm release date. What people have to understand is that this is a cadence of releases. So we're not making Avatar 2. We're making Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5," he explained.
"It's an epic undertaking ... So I know where I'm going to be for the next eight years of my life. It's not an unreasonable time frame if you think about it. It took us four-and-a-half years to make one movie and now we're making four," he went on to say.
Cameron is not keen on revealing details about "Avatar 2" just yet. He certainly is not ready for a launch next year too even though the franchise is what keeps him busy at the moment, describing it as a "day job" that will soon to be a 24–7 gig.
"I wish I could share with the world. But we have to preserve a certain amount of showmanship and we're going to draw that curtain when the time is right," he said.
Cameron revealed last month that he has completed the scripts for "Avatar 2" and the three other "Avatar" films that follow with mo-cap work set to begin this summer.
This had many thinking that the Christmas 2018 launch for "Avatar 2" could happen. It turns out that Cameron still has a lot of work to do, especially since he is simultaneously putting all four upcoming films together.
Cameron imagined the "Avatar" films to be released two years apart. He envisioned "Avatar 2" for 2018, but it looks like it will be a longer wait now.
