New Avatar 2 Set Photos Feature Human Soldiers in Battle Mode

September 25, 2020

Producer Jon Landau took to Instagram to reveal two new behind-the-scenes photos from the New Zealand set of James Cameron’s long-in-development Avatar sequels, providing us with our first look at the return of the first film’s villains in the form of RDA’s Security Operations team which was previously led by Stephen Lang’s Colonel Miles Quaritch. Also featuring our first glimpse of one of the upcoming film’s battle sequences, you can check out the full photos below!

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The cast of the Avatar franchise includes Kate Winslet, Edie Falco, Michelle Yeoh, Vin Diesel, Jemaine Clement, and Oona Chaplin alongside a slate of young actors. Returning cast members include Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Joel David Moore, Dileep Rao, Stephen Lang, Matt Gerald, and Sigourney Weaver.

Cameron recently explained that Stephen Lang’s Colonel Miles Quaritch is coming back for all four sequels and will be the main villain throughout the story. Filming officially started on Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 on September 25, 2017.

After some shuffling of the schedule, Avatar 2 has been pushed back a full year from December 17, 2021 to December 22, 2022. While Avatar 3 has been pushed back from December 22, 2023 to December 2024 with Avatar 4 to open two years after that on December 18, 2026 (originally December 2025) and Avatar 5 will drop on December 22, 2028 (originally December 17, 2027). Although Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 will only be released with director James Cameron’s caveat that Avatar 2 and 3 are successful at the box office.