Exclusive: James Cameron offers a detailed Avatar 3 production update, confirming that work on the threequel is nearly complete after 7 years.
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Summary
- Avatar 3 is nearly complete, with just a small percentage left to shoot, and some additional pick-ups scheduled for June.
- Advanced technology has made the production process quicker, and the visual effects are now being worked on.
- The focus is not just on technology, but on the creativity and artistic process involved, with thousands of people working together on the film.
Though the wait for the first sequel was well over a decade, James Cameron’s detailed Avatar 3 production update assures the next installment is just about ready. Plot details remain unknown for the third entry in the hit sci-fi action franchise, though is expected to see the continuation of the war between the Na’vi and humanity for control of the alien planet, Pandora. Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña are returning to lead the Avatar 3 cast alongside Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore and CCH Pounder.
While attending 2024’s Saturn Awards, Screen Rant interviewed James Cameron to get insight on the highly anticipated Avatar 3. When asked how production is progressing on the next installment, the co-writer/director confirmed that the movie is “pretty much in the can“, stating that they do have some extra shooting to do throughout the year, but that the advanced technology has made it so that progress on the next movies will be a lot quicker. Check out what Cameron shared below:
It’s pretty much in the can. We’re shooting pick ups on 3, which is just filling in the last 2 or 3%, and we’ve also got pick ups in June. We’re post on 3 and now doing the VFX, which is an enormous job. I’ll never ever second between now and then to get it done.
The tech has reached the point right now where it’s really what we need. We make little improvements as we go along, but we’re there. The whole point is we jumped back, that’s why we spent 7 years building to it and 4 years shooting the two films together. It’s not about the technology, but about the minds and eyes of the computer artists. It’s a very, very creative process – it’s artistry. Thousands of people are involved and conducting the orchestra to get it all pitch perfect right now.
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