Film-maker James Cameron confirms that ‘Avatar 2' is complete and ‘Avatar 3' is nearly finished

James Cameron confirmed that the shooting of 'Avatar 2' is completed and the filming of the third instalment 'Avatar 3' is almost done. The director shared a Zoom interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger ahead of the 2020 Austrian World Summit. 'Avatar' was in the middle of production in New Zealand in early 2020 when the filming was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. In June 2020, New Zealand was declared coronavirus-free after which the team were allowed to start the production. "COVID hit us like it hit everybody. It hit us hard. We lost about four-and-a-half months of production. As a result of that, we've rolled around one more full year for a release in December of 2022. That's been announced already," James said. 'Avatar 2' was originally scheduled to release on December 17, 2021, but will now release in December 2022. The movie will have the original stars Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana. Cliff Curtis and Kate Winslet are the new additions. "So where we are right now, I'm down in New Zealand shooting -- we're shooting the remainder of the live-action, we've got about 10 per cent left to go. We're 100 per cent complete on 'Avatar 2', and we're 95 per cent complete on 'Avatar 3'," the director added.