Filmmaker James Cameron has said that Avatar 2 has finished filming. While talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger on the latter’s YouTube channel, Cameron informed that while the principal photography for Avatar 2 is done, the third film, which was being shot back-to-back is done about 95 per cent.
He said, “Well, Covid hit us like it hit everybody. We lost about four and a half months of production. As a result of that, we’ve rolled around one more full year for a release in December of 2022. That’s been announced already. Now that doesn’t mean I have an extra year to finish the film, because the day we deliver Avatar 2 we’ll just start working on finishing Avatar 3.”
Cameron added that it was fortunate for him and his crew that they decided to film Avatar sequels in New Zealand, like the original film. New Zealand’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has been exemplary and this allowed Cameron and his team to get on with filming in a safe environment. Avatar 2 is set to be released on December 16, 2022. —Indian Express
