After its monstrous success all over the world, Avatar quickly became the highest grossing film of all time at the box office earning $2.8 billion, in 2009! And besides the profit it earned, the film was praised for the visual aspect and the use of CGI with 3D technology for the best cinematic experience to the audience. So, every cine-goer was eager to hear the announcement of its sequel! And now as per updates from 20th Century Fox, the newest cast members and images for the Avatar sequel are unveiled, along with the release date of Dec. 18, 2020. And as for the production phase of the sequel, it started from this Monday in Manhattan Beach, California.

This sequel features a mix of the old star cast from the prequel, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, CCH Pounder, and Stephen Lang with new members joining the team like Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo and Duane Evans Jr. Jack Champion. One more familiar face added to the cast was Oona Chaplin, who was Talisa Stark, the highborn lady of Volantis and wife of Robb Stark in Game of Thrones. In the creative team, Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno joined the forces with James Cameron while writing the screenplay for this sequel!

And the line of Sequels!

Just when you’ll be excited to see the first glimpse of Avatar 2, James Cameron announced at CinemaCon, Las Vegas in 2016 that he would make four sequels to Avatar. And now, as per the report by Variety, the lineup for the four sequels is scheduled on 18th December 2020 for Avatar 2, 17th December 2021 for Avatar 3. Then there will be a three-year break for Avatar 4, which is scheduled to release in for 20th December 2024 followed by Avatar 5, which will be released 19th December 2025. As Cameron told in CinemaCon, while keeping two sequels in mind for the Avatar, when he met the screenwriters, artists, and designers and then he realized that he had too much material for just two films.