During a May 2014 Today appearance, Saldana said she had recently been in touch with Cameron regarding the highly anticipated sequels. "He's finishing up the scripts," the Rosemary's Baby star said, "and as soon he's done, then we're going to get the call and we're going to get back to prepping."

The as-yet-untitled Avatar sequels will begin production later this year and will be filmed back-to-back. The first sequel will be released in December 2016, with the final two films debuting in 2017 and 2018.

Avatar is the top-grossing film of all time at the box office, earning $2.8 billion since its 2009 release.

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