'Avatar' Starts Production On Four Sequels At Over $1 Billion Budget | Deadline
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It is not only unprecedented in number -- Peter Jackson shot three of The Lord of the Rings installments together -- it also will be the most expensive shoot of its kind, at an estimated collective budget expected to surpass $1 billion. That would sound daunting if it was any filmmaker but Cameron, who directed the two top-grossing films of all time worldwide in Avatar and Titanic and also has Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Aliens in his win column. Fox releases the first Avatar sequel December 18, 2020, and the next comes a year later, with the last two in December 2024 and 2025.