Fourth AVATAR Sequel Clarification
Earlier this year James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver said that there will be three more Avatar Sequels. Cameron said that he's now, "in the 'Avatar' business. Period. That's it. I'm making Avatar 2, Avatar 3, maybe Avatar 4."
It didn't sound like a fourth film was going to for sure happen since Cameron used the word, "maybe", but Weever later confirmed that it was going to happen, she just wasn't sure how long it would take or how it was all going to work.
Most of us just assumed since Cameron was shooting the second and third sequels at the same time, that they'd just throw in the fourth sequel as well. Producer Jon Landau recent clarified what is going on with the fourth film saying, “We [are] doing two back-to-back, but not a third."
Who knows, if all Cameron is making is Avatar movies from here on out, maybe they'll add a fifth film, and shoot parts four and five back-to-back. Maybe he won't make a fourth Avatar movie at all. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Twentieth Century Fox wants to release Avatar 2 in December of 2014, and Avatar 3 in December of 2015. From things said in the past about this production, It's not looking like Cameron will be able to make those dates. Maybe the studio is waiting to see how well the next two sequels do until they greenlight any more films.
Do you think the next Avatar films that are being developed will end doing just as good at the box office as the first film did?