With followers eagerly awaiting Avatar 3 and its following sequels following the historic success of Avatar: The Approach of Water, movie franchise producer Jon Landau insists he is valuing high quality over amount amid a number of delays.
Talking with Screen Rant, Landau defined why The Approach of Water and the subsequent three Avatar motion pictures had been pushed again so usually after all-time viewers demand following the file success of the 2009 unique. When requested why it took 13 years for The Approach of Water to debut and its subsequent follow-ups had been pushed thus far again, Landau revealed he and Lightstorm, director James Cameron’s studio, weren’t going to hurry the sequels, as they needed the films to be fine quality.
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“High quality, high quality, high quality. Look, we do not wish to do something in any space with out high quality. And if somebody says to us, ‘Hey, I do know it could be higher for us to launch this toy at Christmas, nevertheless it simply will not be excellent.’ Wait! Do it later, make it excellent as a result of that is our philosophy,” Landau stated. “One of many nice issues about our complete state of affairs is that in terms of franchise, Lightstorm controls it, not the studio, not the studio government who must have a sure quantity hit their books this month. We management it. We select who to go together with, we select the offers to make, we select the timing.”
Following the massive success of Avatar, which grew to become the highest-grossing movie ever made at over $2.92 billion worldwide, Cameron laid out his plan for a number of sequels of the sci-fi journey movie collection, with twentieth Century Fox signing off on 4 extra motion pictures. The unique plan was for the movies to be shot consecutively, with one film being launched every year, beginning in 2014. Nevertheless, Disney subsequently acquired twentieth Century Fox, resulting in delays and a extra measured improvement strategy earlier than The Approach of Water was launched final December.
The prolonged wait paid off after which some for Disney and Cameron, with The Approach of Water turning into the third-highest-grossing film of all time, incomes over $2.32 billion in world ticket gross sales and bringing in over half a billion in earnings. Moreover, its subsequent digital launch is probably the most profitable in Disney’s historical past. The franchise’s attraction has definitely not worn off — one thing Landau spoke about this previous spring throughout an interview with CBR.
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Although Avatar 3 was shot concurrently with The Approach of Water and accomplished filming in New Zealand in 2020, the post-production course of was affected by the pandemic and, most not too long ago, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. In June, Disney postponed the pending releases of the subsequent three franchise entries, with the threequel’s premiere pushed again from Dec. 20, 2024 to Dec. 19, 2025, whereas Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 will not come out till 2029 and 2031 after initially being set for 2026 and 2028 openings, respectively. Though Avatar 3 is in post-production, there may be the possibility of potential re-shoots, as star Sigourney Weaver spoke about in Could.
A lot is promised with Avatar 3, with the threequel promising a number of new wrinkles, together with new Na’vi tribes and Lo’ak (Britain Dalton) taking up because the narrator from his father, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). Moreover, Cameron reportedly has a director’s reduce (with out visible results) topping the nine-hour mark, with potential plans to deliver that prolonged reduce to Disney+ as soon as it is accomplished.
Avatar 3 opens in theaters on Dec. 19, 2025. In the meantime, followers can stream the primary two Avatar movies on Disney+.
Supply: Screen Rant
