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=Avatar 2=

Avatar 2 is the working title of a 2017 sequel to James Cameron's 2009 science-fiction film Avatar. The film will be the second in a planned trilogy, continued with Avatar 3, with which it will be shot back-to-back.

The film will be set around the oceans of Pandora, and will attempt to tackle environmental issues associated with them, but producer Jon Landau has stated that the oceans will be featured, but will not be the only focus of the film: “Water will be a part of the movie, but it won’t be all of the movie … There’s been a lot of rumours that it’s an underwater movie – it’s not. Just like the Floating Mountains, and the Na’vi’s interaction with the mountains, were a part of Avatar, it’ll be the same type of thing.”

Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana will reprise their roles as Jake Sully and Neytiri for both sequels and Sigourney Weaver will also return.

Plot
Avatar 2 will feature a self-contained story that is a part of a greater storyline. The film will continue to explore Pandora, with at least some focus on the oceans. It will not end on a cliffhanger, but will have a resolution.

Production
Cameron is writing the film himself and intends to finish the screenplays by February 2013, to begin filming later that year.

Cameron has considered shooting at a higher than standard frame rate, possibly at 60 frames per second, as apposed to the standard 24.

The film was initially planned for release in 2014, but this has since been pushed back to 2017 at the earliest.