James Cameron Has Already Shot the First Part of ‘Avatar 4’

There’s actually by no means been a movie franchise fairly like what’s about to occur with Avatar. Some studios have taken on an opportunity on making two sequels back-to-back; the final two Back to the Futures have been shot that method, as have been the first two Matrix sequels. But James Cameron isn’t making two Avatar sequels again to again; he’s making 4 again to again to again to again. And whereas the first of these films, Avatar: The Way of Water, doesn’t even debut till December, Cameron has already shot a good portion of the fourth movie — which isn’t even scheduled to open in theaters underneath the greatest circumstances for one more 4 years.

Franchise producer Jon Landau introduced some footage from The Way of Water at the Busan International Film Festival this week, the place he gave this info on the state of the franchise (by way of Variety):

We’ve accomplished most of the first act of ‘Avatar 4’ and there have been logistical the explanation why we would have liked to do this. We’ve designed most of the complete film for ‘Avatar 4’ however we haven’t really filmed all of it – simply the first act.

The diploma of complexity and dimension of these films, and the organizational abilities wanted to tug this off is mainly past my comprehension. To already be taking pictures Avatar 4, you’ve obtained to not solely have Avatar 2 completed, you’ve obtained to really feel assured sufficient in your plans for Avatar 3 that the movie received’t change considerably. Unless, I suppose, you work you possibly can at all times reshoot Avatar 4 down the line if that you must.

When folks say they don’t actually care about Avatar or they aren’t occupied with seeing the sequels, that is the cause I dismiss these complaints. Even should you don’t care about Jake Sully or the different characters, Cameron is doing one thing unheard of right here. Why wouldn’t you need to see what he comes up with?

The late movie critic Gene Siskel famously had this take a look at for films, the place he would ask: Is this factor I simply watched as fascinating as a documentary about the actors sitting round and consuming lunch collectively? It looks like there ought to be some variety of expanded model for Avatar: Is this sequel as fascinating as simply watching James Cameron attempt to wrap his mind round making 4 gigantic movies with tons of groundbreaking particular results concurrently?

Avatar: The Way of Water is scheduled to open in theaters on December 16, 2022. Avatar 4, which doesn’t have an official subtitle but, is at the moment deliberate for December 18, 2026.