Sam Worthington prepares for Avatar coming back soon!
“We’re back to work on it in a month and it’s big,” Worthington tells PEOPLE of the next installment in the fantasy franchise. “It’s bigger than you can imagine.”
The actor, 47, spoke exclusively to PEOPLE on Monday at Lift Netflix premiere held at Lincoln Center in New York.
The Avatar In the franchise, Worthington plays Jake Sully, while Zoe Saldaña portrays Neytiri. It started with the original in 2009, doc Avatar: The Way of Water in cinemas in 2022.
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Sam Worthington at the Netflix premiere of ‘Lift’ at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on January 8, 2024.
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And in December, director James Cameron told PEOPLE Avatar 3 “on track” after it was originally scheduled to be released on December 20, 2024, but was pushed back to December 19, 2025.
Speaking of the process of making the third one Avatar of the film, Cameron said that “three is actually a lot simpler than two,” in terms of production.
“Secondly, the pandemic hit us in the middle of that and we were interrupted, and then we had to restart and restart production and all that stuff. And it was a pain to do that,” he reflected on the making process Avatar: The Way of Water.
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Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ by 20th Century Studios.
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He also spoke about the fourth Avatar a film that should be released in 2029.
“We see them and then we go away for six years and come back,” he told PEOPLE. “And so the part where we’re coming back is the part that we haven’t shot yet. So we’re going to start that after three is released.”
Avatar: The Way of Waterit grossed a whopping $2.3 billion worldwide, but it hasn’t taken off Avatar‘s throne, which is the highest-grossing film of all time at $2.9 billion.
As for what fans can expect from the third film, Cameron confirmed that Kate Winslet will return to reprise her role as Ronal. He also added that Winslet “went to school” learning from the “shamanic practice of husband and wife” to master the techniques she will use in the next Avatar.
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