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James Cameron‘s 2009 film Avatar has become the highest-grossing film of all-time at the global box office – again!

It was reported on Friday (March 12) that Avatar was expected to overtake 2019′s Avengers: Endgame due to the movie being rereleased in China.

The Oscar-winning movie became the highest-grossing of all time during its initial theatrical run, but was overtaken by the Avengers film in 2019.

According to THR, the film earned over $8 million through Saturday afternoon alone. That takes Avatar‘s total box office to a total of $2.8 billion, versus the $2.797 billion Endgame made.

Avatar‘s producer Jon Landau said of the news, “We are proud to reach this great milestone, but Jim and I are most thrilled that the film is back in theaters during these unprecedented times, and we want to thank our Chinese fans for their support. We are hard at work on the next Avatar films and look forward to sharing the continuation of this epic story for years to come.”

James Cameron recently shared a huge update about the sequel to Avatar.

Avengers: Endgame is about to be dethroned as the highest-grossing film of all time by Avatar!

Variety is reporting that the 2009 movie is on the way to reclaim the title after Avengers: Endgame took it in 2019.

Prior the release of the Marvel movie, Avatar had been the highest-grossing movie in history by earning $2.7897 billion worldwide.

Avengers: Endgame took over the slot when it banked $2.7902 billion in global ticket sales.

However, with the re-release of the movie in Chinese theaters, Avatar is set to reclaim the title after grossing $3.5 million.

After this weekend, Avatar is expected to take back the top box office prize.

Avatar, which starred Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana, was directed by James Cameron.

The movie centered on a paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, who then becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

A sequel to the movie is on the way!

James Cameron shared a brand new update about the status of the upcoming Avatar sequel.

The 66-year-old director spoke with Arnold Schwarzenegger in a video call ahead of the 2020 Austrian World Summit environmental conference and revealed that the sequel is complete.

James also opened up about how the pandemic affected filming on the movie.

“COVID hit us like it hit everybody. It hit us hard. We lost about four-and-a-half months of production,” he said. “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 continued, “Now that doesn’t mean I have an extra year to finish the film, because the day we deliver Avatar 2 we’ll just start working on finishing Avatar 3.”

“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 sort of 95 per cent complete on Avatar 3.”

Avatar 2: The Way of Water is expected to hit theaters in December 2022.

Earlier in the summer, James shared a pic of the set from New Zealand. You can see it here…

There are some big changes coming to the release schedule for upcoming Disney movies amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The live-action remake of Mulan was supposed to be released in theaters back in March and then the date was pushed back to August 21. Now, the studio has removed the film from the release calendar completely and a release date is unknown for now.

There have also been changes for the upcoming movies in the Star Wars and Avatar franchises.

Disney has announced that the next Star Wars movie will be released on December 22, 2023, with more films in the franchise coming on December 19, 2025 and December 17, 2027.

The sequels to James Cameron‘s Avatar have all been pushed back by a year. Avatar 2 will be released on December 16, 2022, Avatar 3 will be released on December 20, 2024, Avatar 4 will be released on December 18, 2026, and Avatar 5 will be released on December 22, 2028.

Some of the non-franchise movies that are being released by Disney and its other studios 20th Century and Searchlight have also had release date changes.

The Personal History of David Copperfield has been pushed back two weeks to August 28, 2020. The murder mystery Death on the Nile has been pushed back two weeks to October 23, 2020. The Empty Man has been pushed back to December 4 from its August release date. The horror film Antlers has been pushed back to February 19, 2021. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon‘s historical epic was supposed to be released on Christmas 2020, but it will now hit theaters on October 15, 2021.

Wes Anderson‘s The French Dispatch has been removed from the schedule and is awaiting a new date.

Other movies are keeping their dates, which you can see below.

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Avatar is back in action.

The sequels to the blockbuster film are now in production again in New Zealand with director James Cameron, three months after shutting down amid the pandemic.

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Producer Jon Landau posted a photo from the set showing the very first shot since they resumed production. The crew was able to return to set following a mandatory 14-day self-isolation period.

“Used my iPhone to snap a picture of our first shot back in production on the Avatar sequels,” producer Jon Landau wrote in a post that featured the director behind a long camera crane. Everyone in the shot is seen wearing face masks and shields.

The crew returned to the set following a mandatory 14-day self-isolation period.

The first Avatar sequel is still set for a December 2021 release. Three more sequels are then expected to follow in 2023, 2025 and 2027.

Find out more about how they prepared to film safely amid the pandemic…

James Cameron is back in New Zealand, but he won’t be back on set of the Avatar sequel just yet.

Producer Jon Landau revealed on Tuesday (June 2) that he and the 65-year-old director will be going under quarantine for the next 14 days after arriving in New Zealand after a 13-hour direct flight.

“Our 14-day government supervised self-isolation now begins,” Jon wrote along with a photo of him and James wearing face shields and masks.

It was announced late last month that production for the new Avatar movie would resume in early June since New Zealand had approved new health and safety production protocols.

New Zealand has been praised for its handling of the pandemic, with only 1,504 reported cases and 22 deaths. The country has a population of around 4.8 million.

The next Avatar installment is scheduled for a December 2021 release. Three more sequels are expected to follow in 2023, 2025 and 2027.

Movies and TV shows that were in production around the world had to be shut down during the pandemic, but it’s time for some of them to resume shooting.

It was just announced that the Avatar sequels will resume shooting in New Zealand next week and producer Jon Landau has shared a new photo from set.

“Our #Avatar sets are ready — and we couldn’t be more excited to be headed back to New Zealand next week. Check out the Matador, a high speed forward command vessel (bottom) and the Picador jetboat (top) — can’t wait to share more,” Landau wrote on Instagram along with the photo.

James Cameron is working on four upcoming movies in the Avatar franchise right now. Avatar 2 is scheduled to come out in theaters in December 2021.