Avatar 3 as Dr. Max Patel. Principal photography on the "Avatar 2" and "3" began simultaneously on September 25, 2017 in Manhattan Beach, California. On November 14, 2018, Cameron announced filming with the main cast had been completed. Filming on the next two sequels will begin after wrapping the post-production on first two sequels. "Avatar 3" is scheduled to be released on December 17, 2021 by 20th Century Fox, one year after the release of "Avatar 2" in December 2020. Avatar 3 Avatar 3 is an upcoming American epic science fiction film directed, produced, co-written, and co-edited by James Cameron, scheduled to
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