Do enough people care about the “Avatar” franchise a decade later to warrant five sequels? That’s been the question on many peoples’ minds ever since James Cameron started work on expanding his franchise, and it’s a question that Cameron himself seems to understand.
The first of these sequels, “Avatar 2,” is finally slated to hit theaters on Dec. 16, 2022, and “Avatar 3” is already in the can, with scripts for “Avatar 4” and “Avatar 5” already written. But with so much time, effort and money already having been put into building out sequels to the highest grossing film of all time, Cameron is aware of the changed box office environment to which they’ll be released.