Avatar: The Way of Water has lastly been launched in theaters. 13 years after the primary movie broke field workplace data and went on to turn into the highest-grossing film of all time, Avatar: The Way of Water has lastly introduced audiences again to Pandora. For many it felt like this present day would by no means come as information of Avatar sequels has been buzzing round since after the primary movie was launched.
Avatar sequels have been introduced shortly after however have been additionally met with fixed bulletins and delays, with the film all the time seeming ceaselessly out of attain. The delays to Avatar: The Way of Water had turn into a meme on-line, with a number of posts about how Avatar: The Way of Water would have been launched on this or that individual day.
Multiple franchises had fallen Avatar’s lead of the late December launch date and spun off into nice success, benefiting from the sequel’s absence. With Avatar: The Way of Water lastly out, have a look again on the prolonged journey it took to get right here, all the varied launch dates the movie had, and what motion pictures swooped in to take their place.
December 2014 and 2015
The first launch date for Avatar: The Way of Water (then simply known as Avatar 2) was initially reported for December 2014, and introduced in October 2010 simply 10 months after the primary movie opened in theaters. It was at this level that Cameron was planning to not simply make Avatar 2 but in addition Avatar 3 and that the movies could be filmed again to again and launched a 12 months aside.
By 2013, it was clear Avatar 2 wouldn’t hit theaters in 2014 and Cameron hoped to have the movie out in theaters by December 2015, probably December 18, with a view to be launched six years to the date of the unique movie. By 2014 it was confirmed that Cameron could be creating not solely Avatar 2 and 3 but in addition Avatar 4 and 5 and employed a author’s room to draft the sequels. Due to this, and the truth that Disney had set Star Wars: The Force Awakens for launch on December 18, 2015, Avatar: The Way of Water was given a brand new launch date of December 16.
December 2016 and 2017
The movie that will turn into Avatar: The Way of Water was delayed twice extra, first in 2016 after which in 2017. While no official purpose was given, it appeared Cameron was targeted on creating the story for the sequels and likewise pushing the visible results know-how. Principal images on the movement seize components wouldn’t even start till August 2017, exhibiting not solely how lengthy Avatar: The Way of Water was in improvement however how lengthy it truly took to movie.
Both December launch dates have been taken by Disney for his or her new batch of Star Wars movies, with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opening on December 16, 2016, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi on December 15, 2017. Star Wars had turn into a December franchise and Disney didn’t seem to need to let go of the discharge date. However, by 2017, Disney already started the method of buying twentieth Century Fox which was finalized in 2019 giving them management over the Avatar franchise, and the studio will surely make room for it.
December 2018
On April 2016, James Cameron formally introduced the discharge date for Avatar: The Way of Water for December 2018, with the primary sequel set for December 2020 and the next two openings in December 2022 and December 2023 respectively.
In March 2017 Cameron then confirmed that Avatar: The Way of Water wouldn’t make its 2018 launch date as a result of intensive visible results course of and filming schedule. Disney had opted to launch their Star Wars film for the 12 months, Solo: A Star Wars Story, in the summertime, leaving the vacation season large open. A slew of high-profile movies launched in the course of the vacation season of 2018 together with Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns, Paramount Pictures’ Bumblebee, Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Warner Bros. Aquaman.
December 18, 2020
Avatar: The Way of Water was then set for launch on December 18, 2020, as it might not fill within the spot within the vacation launch schedule left vacant by the shortage of Star Wars movies because the Skywalker Saga was set to finish with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on December 19, 2019, and no future movies have been introduced but. In 2019, the movie was delayed as soon as once more by one 12 months again to 2021. Had the movie saved its 2020 launch date it nonetheless would have been delayed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
December 17, 2021
Disney and twentieth Century Studios set Avatar: The Way of Water for launch on December 17, 2021, hoping once more to fill the void left on their launch schedule by no Star Wars film. However, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the filming of the film, and Avatar: The Way of Water was delayed one closing time to December 16, 2022, when it might lastly be launched 13 years after the primary film.
That December 17, 2021 launch date would ultimately go to Spider-Man: No Way Home, which was the primary film following the COVID-19 pandemic to gross $1 billion and helped present that audiences have been prepared to return to the flicks. It helped set the stage for Avatar: The Way of Water’s massive grand return.
Disney presently has Avatar 3 set for launch on December 20, 2024, and is sort of completed. Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 are each in improvement and have launch dates set for December 18, 2026, and December 22, 2028, respectively.