James Cameron says he’ll spend extra time in submit on Avatar 3 than most administrators spend on a whole movie.
Talking at a current breakfast for public broadcaster TV New Zealand, the Oscar-winning Wellington resident stated stated of the sequel, “We’re into a really hectic two years of submit manufacturing proper now, so it’ll be Christmas of ’25.”
Cameron, who has executed submit for years at Peter Jackson’s Wellington-based WETA Digital, says he needs to make all his movies in New Zealand going ahead and expects to grow to be a citizen of the southern isles subsequent yr. The hefty tax breaks don’t damage, both.
Author-director Cameron advised Leisure Weekly in late 2022 that he shot scenes from a proposed Avatar 3 and Avatar 4 concurrently with the primary sequel, which grossed over $2 billion. He did so to keep away from having the youthful solid members age-out, mentioning Netflix’s Stranger Issues for example of the issue of time marching on. It additionally turned out to be prudent given this yr’s SAG-AFTRA strike.
Whereas attending the Critics Alternative Awards earlier this yr, Cameron dropped some nuggets about what followers might count on from Avatar 3 revealing the ingredient of fireplace and two new cultures could be launched.
“Hearth has a symbolic function within the movie and there’s a tradition that’s particularly round that idea. That’s most likely saying an excessive amount of as we converse,” he advised Deadline.
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