There are now four planned sequels to James Cameron's 。 Avatar。in the works, with the first of those slated to arrive on Dec. 18, 2020.
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A new post on the official 。 Avatar。Facebook page confirms the release-date news, noting that production is underway. It also offers up a schedule for each of the subsequent planned releases, the last of which will be out in 2025.。

Don't ink your calendar just yet, things could change. For anyone following 。 Don't ink your calendar just yet, things could change. For anyone following 。Avatar。

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The 2009 blockbuster -- which starred Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, and Stephen Lang -- was a huge success, picking up close to $3 billion in ticket sales worldwide. Predictably, it didn't take long for sequel talk to spring up. 。 First -- going all the way back to 2010 -- there were going to be two sequels, arriving in 2014 and 2015. Then three. 。First -- going all the way back to 2010 -- there were going to be two sequels, arriving in 2014 and 2015. Then three.。

Avatar 2。 eventually slipped to a vague 2015 release. The more time that passed, the less specific Fox's sequel plans seemed to get.。The studio publicly hit reset on 。 Avatar 。's future in 2014 when it announced three follow-ups, to arrive in 2016, 2017, and 2018. One year later, more delays; now,

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That's just the broad timeline. And now we have this latest announcement, from a Facebook post on April 22. The question any。 Avatar。fan is right to ask at this point: why should we believe any of this?

It's a fair thing to wonder. Delays aren't exactly uncommon in Hollywood, but 。 Avatar。has been shuffled around to a comical extent since 2009. Especially for a movie with $2.8 billion in ticket sales. 。

If you're looking for any shred of evidence to hang your hopes on, there's at least some good news. Fox has been slowly, quietly ramping up efforts to resurrect interest in 。 Avatar 
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over the past couple years.。

While Cameron himself has never stopped talking about the movies -- probably because no one will stop asking -- Fox mobilized a multi-platform social media launch in 2015. The apparent hope was to remind people of 。 Avatar 。Avatar 。

's existence and introduce them to its alien world of Pandora.。 A similar project is underway at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. A new, Pandora-inspired section of the theme park was revealed in late 2016 and is expected to open this summer.
。Also new for 2017: a comic book from Dark Horse and the announcement of an upcoming video game -- no release date -- from the same Ubisoft team that made。 The Division。The Division 。