Avatar 2 Delayed Until 2022

Avatar 2 (@AvatarMovie)

JAKARTA - James Cameron, who was initially confident, is now shrinking too. Avatar 2, which was originally scheduled to air on December 17, 2021, will change to December 16, 2022, one year from its original schedule.

After the delay in the broadcast of Tenet, Disney also followed suit. Mulan as the champion was postponed until an undetermined time. Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch was also delayed indefinitely.

Through his official statement on social media, Cameron said the COVID-19 pandemic was the reason they could not continue filming. Although they were allowed to continue the process in New Zealand, seeing the slowness of the production process did not allow them to broadcast on schedule.

A message from James Cameron.Irayo, Na'vi Nation. Stay safe. 💙 pic.twitter.com/Uwi2J6xF4k

- Avatar (@official]) July 23, 2020

“The pandemic is still holding us back from doing virtual production work in Los Angeles. This work is critical to films such as the live action making process. "

The plans for the new five Avatar films should automatically be pushed back, so that we can only finish the Avatar film franchise in 2028.

James Cameron admits that he is disappointed with this decision but seeing the hard work of the team and players towards this film made him excited about the situation.

Happy 100th day of live-action filming to our #AvatarFamily in New Zealand! pic.twitter.com/lyqkV5opNg

- Avatar (@official]) July 1, 2020

Judging by the Twitter account for the film Avatar, they have been shooting in the studio for 100 days but it turns out that there are still many needs and it takes a long time.

In addition, Mulan, who was originally on a date with Tenet, had to cancel the broadcast until an undetermined time. Instead of facing big losses, they chose to follow in the footsteps of Christopher Nolan's Tenet.