Avatar 2, (3, 4 & 5)- Release date and major details!

James Cameron’s Avatar, which was the highest grossing movie of all time until it lost that spot to Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame, has not one, not two, but four sequels coming up! Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5 will all be releasing somewhere between 2021 and 2027, and have been filmed simultaneously.It has been a long wait for fans of the famous franchise, twelve long years to be exact, but it has been worth it.

James Cameron had announced right after the release of the first Avatar film that there will be several more added to the franchise, and ever since then, ardent fans have been in wait for the movies to come out. Now with a definitive release date and storyline, fans of the Avatar franchise begin counting down the days to the release of the first sequel, Avatar 2, and then the ones after that.

Storyline and Cast details

Sam Worthington returns to his role from the first film as the paraplegic human Jake Sully who fell in love with the Na’vi Neyitiri, who was portrayed by Zoe Saldana in the first film, who also reprises her role in the second Avatar film. CCH Pounder also returns to her role as Mo’at, the Omaticaya’s spiritual leader and Neyitiri’s mother. Cliff Curtis joins the cast of Avatar 2 as Tonowari, the leader of the reef people of Metkayina. Jamie Flatters plays the role of Neteyam, Jake and Neyitiri’s oldest son and Britain Dalton playes the role of Lo’at, their second son. Kate Winslet also joins the cast as Ronal, a free diver of the Metkayina.

Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore and Giovanni Ribisi also reprise their roles playing Colonel Miles Quaritch, Dr. Norm Spellman and Parker Selfridge, respectively. Sigourney Weaver, who played the role of Dr. Grace Augustine in the first film, also returns to the cast, although it has been confirmed by James Cameron that she will be playing a different role in the sequel.

Vin Diesel and CJ Jones also join the cast, although their roles still remain undisclosed.

Release Date of Avatar 2, 3, 4 & 5

After a long, long wait, Avatar 2 was finally slated to release on December 17, 2021. However, owing to the current scenario that the world is in, the release of the film has been pushed to December 16, 2022.

A message from James Cameron.

Irayo, Na'vi Nation. Stay safe. 💙 pic.twitter.com/Uwi2J6xF4k

— Avatar (@officialavatar) July 23, 2020

Avatar 3 has been slated for a December 20, 2024 release. Avatar 4 will land in theatres on a proposed released date of December 18, 2026 and Avatar 5 will release on December 22, 2028. These dates are proposed dates and could change, depending on how Avatar 2 and 3 perform in theatres.