Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (J.J. Abrams, December 20, 2019) Movie • Page 409

Greg pm’d me. It was a misunderstanding, and I shouldn’t have piled on.

 

Disney released their COVID-19 updated release schedule and the next Star Wars movie is still slated for December 2022. I hope that means they've already begun some sort of pre-production. I'm still doubtful we'll actually get a movie on that date.

 

They're going to do everything they can to hit that date, they really want to alternate Avatar/Star Wars every December from 2021-2027

 

I saw that filming (or at least the live action parts) for the Avatar sequels has been postponed due to COVID-19. I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up getting pushed back a year too.

 

I thought production had wrapped on the first two sequels and they were only still working on 4 & 5? If 2 & 3 are just in post right now they should still release on time. But I could be wrong, I feel like we've gotten nothing but conflicting reports about how those four movies are actually being made.

 

It's been very hard to keep track of haha. I thought they were still filming for 2 & 3. The key takeaway to all of this is I still can't believe they are planning four (FOUR!) Avatar sequels!

 

Yeah Avatar 2 & 3 are done filming. The question is does anyone care and will they make as much as the first? Doubt it

 

See, I thought they were shooting all four back-to-back. But yeah I have no clue. Really it's just a shame that James Cameron wasted so many years of his creative life on this boondoggle.

 

They’re filming Avatar 4 & 5 next year while finishing the post for 2 & 3. Still not sure why Avatar 3-5 were already green lit but okay

 

I do not for the life of me get their investing in avatar this much

 

it's truly insane they are making 4 more

 

It held the record for biggest box office ever for about a decade. Of course they’re going to make more.

 

Yeah but filming 4 before the first sequel ever releases? They better hope people didn’t swarm to the theaters for the first one because of 3D or anything

 

I've got no interest in Avatar sequels and I don't really know anyone else who is. Of course, that doesn't mean I and others won't see it. I'm sure the first one will be a financial success, but there isn't any built in nostalgia for this like other franchises.

 

and despite that, it’s had like no cultural impact

 

yeah making 1 and seeing what happens makes sense but to basically have 4 filmed and done is insane.

 

I'll be in the theater opening weekend for Avatar 2. I don't have any particular love for the first one, I'm mostly just interested in seeing what Cameron came up with now that the plot isn't just a rehash of Dances With Wolves and all those other stories.

 

An honest question: Why continue thinking about it, coming in here, etc? There's plenty of art I didn't like that I just moved on from and lived my life.

 

I’m not really sure there’s anything productive about asking that. Conversations over

 

I have been absolutely fascinated since the beginning with this prospect because I personally can’t make any sense of it at all - so I’m really excited to see what happens with it lol as weird as that sounds

 

James Cameron is always worth seeing in a theater and I think Avatar is more his filmmaker's playground than a traditional franchise like Star Wars or Marvel or anything. Which makes it actually far more intriguing to me than most franchises.

 

T2 is the only James Cameron I like

 

This is the most optimistic post I’ve ever seen and I respect the hell out of it.

 

Both Terminators, Aliens, and Titanic are all great. Avatar wasn't particularly interesting on a story level but the plot works, even if it's cliched, and the innovation in technical visuals made it worth experiencing in a theater.

 

like I just wanna see what the hell happens with it culturally. my hype level for the movies is zero rn based on Avi 1 but maybe a trailer would change that who knows