Avatar (2,3 & 4) will start filming... October 2014
 

So says Sam Worthington in an Australian radio interview:

“We are going to start this time next year and we will do two, three and four,” he told Australia radio station NovaFM. “In one shot, we’ll do them simultaneously. I’ll be grateful if it finishes.”

This according to Latino Review

Seems legit, here's another link

Can't wait!

Cheers!

:D

*Checks calender*


Uhmmm, why? And if so, doesn't this preclude the possibility of a 2016 release?

Why must they take so long? I am sad.

Hmm.

Good thing I'm drought-resistant.

Goodness gracious.

They only have to have the first one done by 2016.

Irayo, Jachyra, for posting this news.
I think Oct 2014 seems about right for filming to start.

I'm happy but... come on :( we have been waiting long enough.

I too would like to know exactly what it has been about preproduction that has taken this long. I guess we will know in future years, but I wonder why, if JC always had the whole story arc planned, it's taken five years to start shooting the next one. Was he waiting for even more new tech to be developed? :P

I know that underwater motion capture technology had to be invented for Avatar 2 at least (not sure if 3 & 4 will have a lot of underwater scenes). So that's one of the reason for the long delay. That and the fact they built a brand new studio for the next Avatar movies (self sufficient as far as electricity go, with a lot of solar panels on the roof).

Also JC mentioned not long after the first Avatar run that he had the story arc for 2 & 3 pretty much mapped out. Incidentally, all 3 scripts (2,3 & 4) were pretty much finished when JC hired the writers not too long ago. They're just being brought in for polishing purposes, this according to Sam Worthington (can't find the link, sorry).

Cheers!

:)

That sounds fine I guess, just wondering since the writing is primarily what I hear about and I'm sure that should actually be one of the smaller issues since JC presumably knows what he wants, and they don't need a ridiculous budget and complicated equipment and workflows for writing.

It must have been technology, if writing was primarily done, I'm 99.99999% sure getting the funds wouldn't have been an issue.

It's Cameron. I don't think he'll have a problem getting funds ever again unless Avatar 2 bombs spectacularly.

Been away for a bit......
 

......was in the neighborhood and thought I'd drop in.

We finally have a schedule!!:awesome:

Who's "we"

The next three Avatar films will be made in New Zealand

Christ, they gonna be directed by Peter Jackson too??

Well, some of Avatar was also filmed in New Zealand (some Sec Ops scenes IIRC). Don't forget that Weta Digital is also there.

Fox News reported today,

James Cameron to make 3 'Avatar' sequels in New Zealand | Fox News

Tey'Kan

Following the news of the Avatar trilogy being filmed entirely in New Zealand, here are a few quotes from Cameron himself on the next 3 Avatar movies:

On what we'll be seeing of Pandora in the sequel and whether or not it will be "off-world":

"It's going to be a lot of new imagery and a lot of new environments and creatures across Pandora. We're blowing it out all over the place. At first I thought I was going to take it onto other worlds as well, in the same solar system, but it turned out not to be necessary. I mean the Pandora that we have imagined will be a fantasy land that is going to occupy people for decades to come, the way I see it."


On the planned underwater sequences of the sequels:

"There's a fair bit of underwater stuff. It's been inaccurately said that the second film takes place underwater. That's not true. There are underwater scenes and surface-water scenes having to do with indigenous ocean cultures that are distributed across the three films."


On THE GODFATHER famiy aspect of the sequels:

"It was very Jake-centric. His story seen through his eyes," Cameron said. "We spread it around quite a bit more as we go forward. It's really the story of his family, the family that he creates on Pandora. His extended family. So think of it as a family saga like 'The Godfather.'"

Here's the link to the quotes.

Edit: The press conference where it was announced (Cameron starts speaking at the 2 minute mark)

Cheers!

:)

That actually makes a lot of sense. I was wondering what the same few characters would be doing in the sequels, and I feel like the first movie wrapped up way too well for the sequels to just be about them, so this sounds great.

Irayo, Jachyra, for posting this news about the sequels!
Glad to hear they will be filmed in NZ (aka Middle-earth).
Can't wait to return to Pandora! :) :awesome:

The new news gives me hope. This is going to be awesome.

I don't know Maybe this is false

It's nice to get a heads up every now and then.
Can't wait to see some Pandoran ocean!

I hope there are minnows.

May Eywa bless bless and keep you ma tsmukan for sharing this with us.
Eywa
ngahu

MOMS

irayo for the news! certainly hope this is true!