Avatar 2 News: Director James Cameron to use motion capture technology for underwater setting; 3rd and 4th installments to be shot at the same time

By Staff Writer

Jul 16, 2015 11:09 AM EDT

After years of waiting, Avatar 2 is finally underway, but it's not just that other instalments will also follow soon after. It now seems like James Cameron has finally found a suitable person to write the film as he recruited Josh Friedman to work on its screenplay.

Since its release in 2009, fans have been waiting for the sequel of Avatar, which is now finally happening and will soon hit theaters. But it's not just another sequel as fans are now looking at 3 new movies appear in the big screen. Script has reportedly been finished, and all three  movies will be shot at the same time.

 One of the movie's lead star, Sam Worthington, revealed these details about the movie saying, "We are going to start this time next year and we will do two, three and four. In one shot, we'll do them simultaneously. I'll be grateful if it finishes. I think Jim is building the ship to Pandora, to be honest." he said.

James Cameron had to complete his vision of the subsequent films, and was busy  crafting a technology that enables them to shoot underwater. Having mentioned those, fans are now wondering about the possibility that the film might be shooting in the waters of Pandora.

Meanwhile, The Wrap recently revealed that James Cameron has chosen the writer for the movie, as he recently recruited writer Josh Friedman to write the movie's screenplay. Friedman's previous works include "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "War of the Worlds".

Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana will be back to reprise their roles as Jake Sully and Neytiri for Avatar 2, while Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang are also said to come back even though their character supposedly died in the previous film. Avatar 2 will hit theaters in December 2017, while subsequent instalments will reportedly follow the same date of release in 2018, and 2019.

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