James Cameron has been hinting at that for the past few months avatar 3Production is complete as far as filming goes, but Star Zoe Saldana has apparently contradicted this, stating that she is returning to finish the film in the summer.
Avatar: The Way of Water And avatar 3 are said to have been shot back-to-back resulting in mega production costs split between the two films. However, while James Cameron has spoken about his 9-hour cut of the film, which is rumored to potentially make its way to Disney+ as a series, filming doesn’t appear to be quite as complete as he’s claimed in multiple interviews. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Saldaña said there’s still a good chunk to film. She commented:
“Yeah, I mean we’re going to go back this summer and finish it off. We’re 70% done there. But we have time.”
She’s certainly not wrong in saying they have time as the film isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until December 2024. Still, it’s odd that her assessment of how complete filming is contradicting previous statements about filming. In any case, there still seems to be a long way to go before the second sequel avatar Franchise. The CGI-heavy post-production has already led to rumors that the film could potentially be delayed from its current release date if Cameron isn’t completely satisfied with the final product.
James Cameron’s Na-vi world expands again in Avatar 3
James Cameron is not one to typically make films that stay in the same area for long. That certainly applies to him avatar Movies where the belated 2022 sequel expanded the world first introduced in 2009. In avatar 3, it looks like Cameron will do the same thing again. In previous comments, the writer/director has stated that he has a vision for avatar 3, but some might be changed depending on response to Avatar: The Way of Water. He said:
“I’m going to take a moment, when the dust clears, to assess what people have loved and reacted to most in this recent release, and I can go back and tinker a little, and we can go back and make a few moments here and there. It won’t be radical, but maybe refine it a bit to emphasize what people are responding to. For example, Lo’ak really came into being as a character that people walked with, so I might find ways to… now he’s already the narrator – oh, I’ll spoil something here… But that’s okay, I think it could be fascinating for people to think about what’s coming.”
Avatar: The Way of Water hit theaters as possibly one of the biggest financial disasters of the century if audiences didn’t buy back into the franchise after 13 years of cinema absence. However, as the film quickly grossed over $2 billion at the global box office, it’s clear there’s a lot more to come avatar Tank, and we’ll see the next offering of that arrive in just over 18 months.
