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Walt Disney Co on Tuesday delayed the release of James Cameron's sequel to box office champion "Avatar" for a year, until December 2021, and announced the start dates of its new "Star Wars" movies from December 2022. [19659002] Disney has acquired the "Avatar" franchise and several other films thanks to his recent purchase of film and television badets at Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, reinforcing its dominant position in movie theaters.
"Avatar 2", the sequel given to the movie The blockbuster of 2009, which is the most profitable film of all time, was initially released in theaters in 2014, but was postponed to 2017 and then to December 2020. [19659002] The sequel is scheduled for December 2020, Disney "Avatar 3" in December 2023, "Avatar 4" in December 2025 and "Avatar 5" in December 2027.
A year ago, the director Cameron had told reporters that he had started shooting on the second and third films "Avatar" and had written the fourth and fifth films in the series.
James Cameron delivers a speech at the Zoe Saldana star unveiling ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, United States, May 3, 2018. / Reuters Photo [19659006] James Cameron delivers a speech at the Zoe Saldana star unveiling ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, United States, May 3, 2018. / Reuters Photo
L & # 39, story of a blue humanoid race on a lush moon known as Pandora, "Avatar" is the most profitable movie In history, with $ 2.8 billion of ticket sales in the world, though box office experts say his long-time record may soon fall in Marvel Studios' blockbuster "Avengers: Endgame".
Between two "Avatar" movies, Disney said it would release new "Star Wars" movies in December 2022, 2024 and 2026.
The company did not disclose the details, but it has already announced plans for two series of "Star Wars" movies – one supervised by "The Last Jedi". director Rian Johnson and another to be written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of the famous HBO TV show, "Game of Thrones".
The delay "Avatar 2" removes one of the greatest Disney films from its list of 2020. Among the films on display for next year, we find "Mulan", two untitled films Marvel, and the remake of the Broadway musical "West Side Story" by Steven Spielberg
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(Top picture: A 3D bust of Legacy The effect of a character from the movie "Avatar" is presented in the exhibition "3D Print Show" in Paris, November 15, 2013 . / VCG Photo)