Avatar 2 (also marketed as James Cameron's Avatar 2) is an upcoming American science fiction film directed, produced, edited, and co-written by James Cameron, produced by 20th Century Studios. It is the second film in the Avatar franchise, following Avatar (2009). Cameron is producing the film with Jon Landau, with Josh Friedman originally announced as his co-writer; it was later announced that Cameron, Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno took a part in the writing process of all sequels before being attributed separate scripts, making the eventual writing credits unclear. Cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, Dileep Rao, CCH Pounder, and Matt Gerald are all reprising their roles from the original film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in a different role. New cast members include Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Michelle Yeoh, Jemaine Clement, Oona Chaplin, CJ Jones, and Vin Diesel.
April 22, 2017: Shady's back, tell a friend: James Cameron has started production, with an adjusted timeline: Expect Avatar 2 on December 18, 2020; Avatar 3 on December 17, 2021; Avatar 4 on December 20, 2024; and Avatar 5 on December 19, 2025. September 25, 2017: Seven years later, Cameron has started filming!
He died around age 60 of natural causes; normally an avatar could have lived to be around twice that age, but the time he spent frozen in the iceberg had a long-term effect on his lifespan. He was doing the spinning air trick, slipped up, and accidentally shot an Aang-roll into his own forehead at Mach 4