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
Avatar (2009 film) can just get 'em in the damn theater, the film will act on them in the way it's supposed to, in terms of taking them on an amazing journey and giving them this rich emotional experience." Cameron was aware of the sentiment that "Avatar" would need significant "repeat business" just to make up for its budget and achieve box office success, and believed "Avatar" could inspire the same "sharing" reaction as "Titanic". He said that film worked because, "When people have an experience that's very powerful in the movie theatre, they want to go share it. They want to grab