‘Avatar 3’ pushed to 2025 and Disney units two ‘Star Wars movies for 2026

By PTI

NEW YORK: “Avatar: The Way of Water” might have lastly arrived in theaters in 2022, however that lengthy parade of ” Avatar” delays is not executed, but.

The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday pushed the discharge of “Avatar 3” a yr, bumping it from December 2024 to December 2025. The timeline is stretched even additional for the following deliberate installments. “Avatar 4” is now slated to hit theaters in December 2029; “Avatar 5” is ready to reach in December 2031.

If these dates maintain, the “Avatar” movie sequence can have stretched throughout the primary 4 a long time of the century. Director James Cameron, who launched “Avatar” in 2009, has stated he might not direct movies 4 and 5. By December 2031, the 68-year-old Cameron can be 77. “Avatar” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” have collectively made greater than $5.2 billion on the field workplace.

“Each ‘Avatar’ film is an exciting but epic undertaking that takes time to bring to the quality level we as filmmakers strive for and audiences have come to expect,” “Avatar” producer Jon Landau wrote on Twitter.

Each Avatar movie is an thrilling however epic endeavor that takes time to carry to the standard degree we as filmmakers try for and audiences have come to anticipate. The group is tough at work and may’t wait to carry audiences again to Pandora in December 2025. pic.twitter.com/DrFX01qzTa

— Jon Landau (@jonlandau) June 13, 2023

Disney on Tuesday shuffled plans for a few of its largest franchises. Two “Star Wars” movies are deliberate for 2026. One was pushed from December 2025 to May 2026. Another was added for December 2026. The studio hasn’t introduced particulars on both untitled manufacturing.

The Marvel calendar was additionally remade Tuesday, because the studio continues to reshape its coming plans in its superhero kingdom. Most notably, “Avengers: Kang Dynasty” is being postponed from May 2025 to May 2026. That movie, a pivotal launch for Marvel, stars Jonathan Majors, the actor who has been charged with home violence. Majors’ legal professional has denied the costs and says he’s harmless.

Other shifts in Marvel releases embody most movies being delayed a number of months. “Captain America: Brave New World” will open in July 2024 as a substitute of May 2024, after which comes “Thunderbolts” in December 2024, “Blade” in February 2025 and “Fantastic Four” in May 2025.

From Disney’s twentieth Century, one other “Alien” movie is now on the calendar, dated for August subsequent yr. And one film is transferring up: “Deadpool 3” will debut in May 2024 as a substitute of November subsequent yr.

NEW YORK: “Avatar: The Way of Water” might have lastly arrived in theaters in 2022, however that lengthy parade of ” Avatar” delays is not executed, but.

The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday pushed the discharge of “Avatar 3” a yr, bumping it from December 2024 to December 2025. The timeline is stretched even additional for the following deliberate installments. “Avatar 4” is now slated to hit theaters in December 2029; “Avatar 5” is ready to reach in December 2031.

If these dates maintain, the “Avatar” movie sequence can have stretched throughout the primary 4 a long time of the century. Director James Cameron, who launched “Avatar” in 2009, has stated he might not direct movies 4 and 5. By December 2031, the 68-year-old Cameron can be 77. “Avatar” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” have collectively made greater than $5.2 billion on the field workplace.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“Each ‘Avatar’ film is an exciting but epic undertaking that takes time to bring to the quality level we as filmmakers strive for and audiences have come to expect,” “Avatar” producer Jon Landau wrote on Twitter.

Each Avatar movie is an thrilling however epic endeavor that takes time to carry to the standard degree we as filmmakers try for and audiences have come to anticipate. The group is tough at work and may’t wait to carry audiences again to Pandora in December 2025. pic.twitter.com/DrFX01qzTa
— Jon Landau (@jonlandau) June 13, 2023
Disney on Tuesday shuffled plans for a few of its largest franchises. Two “Star Wars” movies are deliberate for 2026. One was pushed from December 2025 to May 2026. Another was added for December 2026. The studio hasn’t introduced particulars on both untitled manufacturing.

The Marvel calendar was additionally remade Tuesday, because the studio continues to reshape its coming plans in its superhero kingdom. Most notably, “Avengers: Kang Dynasty” is being postponed from May 2025 to May 2026. That movie, a pivotal launch for Marvel, stars Jonathan Majors, the actor who has been charged with home violence. Majors’ legal professional has denied the costs and says he’s harmless.

Other shifts in Marvel releases embody most movies being delayed a number of months. “Captain America: Brave New World” will open in July 2024 as a substitute of May 2024, after which comes “Thunderbolts” in December 2024, “Blade” in February 2025 and “Fantastic Four” in May 2025.

From Disney’s twentieth Century, one other “Alien” movie is now on the calendar, dated for August subsequent yr. And one film is transferring up: “Deadpool 3” will debut in May 2024 as a substitute of November subsequent yr.