Will ‘Avatar 2’ Get Delayed Again? Sigourney Weaver Not Sure 2018 Date Is ‘‘Realistic’’
By Angie Han/Dec. 12, 2016 11:30 am EST
When asked about the Avatar 2 release date, however, Weaver cast doubt on its viability. “We haven’t started it, so I don’t know how realistic that date is, but I think it’s going to be very exciting,” she told THR at a recent screening of A Monster Calls. Indeed, the fact that Avatar 2 doesn’t even seem to have a start date right now does not bode well for its ability to open within two years.
Still, Weaver seems pretty sure the payoff will be worth it. In an earlier interview, she sang the praises of Cameron’s worldbuilding:
As for what exactly Avatar 2 will be, Cameron has said, “The storyline in the sequels really follows Jake and Neytiri and their children. It’s more of a family saga about the struggle with the humans.” While it may take some time for shooting to get underway, it sounds like things could move pretty quickly once it does — Cameron’s idea is to shoot all four Avatar sequels simultaneously.
In my opinion, the three scripts I’ve read so far are many times more amazing than the first one in terms of their scope. He did a lot of the heavy lifting in the first movie, establishing the family and the relationships and the world, and now he really gets to play.
