The release of Avatar 2 is being delayed. And it could be because of Star Wars.
The follow-up to the 2009 blockbuster was supposed to be ready by Christmas 2017.
But according to The Wrap, filming hasn't even started.
This comes just after Disney announced the sequel to The Force Awakens was being delayed and would be coming out at the same time as Avatar 2 was due for release.
The two films already have a good rivalry going.
last month, director James Cameron said work on the follow-up trilogy was nearly complete.
He told Entertainment Weekly: "We've been designing for about a year and a half. All the characters, settings and creatures are all pretty much done."
The idea is to film them all at once.
So far, Twentieth Century Fox hasn't explained what's happened.
But it's likely Disney must have known about the delay - otherwise it probably wouldn't have shifted the Star Wars release date back.
A clash wouldn't have been good for either film.
So the wait for Avatar 2 continues - with no-one prepared to say when the film will be finally be ready.
Earlier this month, Star Wars overtook Avatar as the biggest ever film in America. But Avatar remains the highest-grossing film around the world, for now at least.
Avatar introduced the world to 3D as a realistic cinema experience.
But for all its blue-faced brilliance, it's been a long wait for another one.
The follow-up to the 2009 blockbuster was supposed to be ready by Christmas 2017.
But according to The Wrap, filming hasn't even started.
This comes just after Disney announced the sequel to The Force Awakens was being delayed and would be coming out at the same time as Avatar 2 was due for release.
The two films already have a good rivalry going.
last month, director James Cameron said work on the follow-up trilogy was nearly complete.
He told Entertainment Weekly: "We've been designing for about a year and a half. All the characters, settings and creatures are all pretty much done."
The idea is to film them all at once.
So far, Twentieth Century Fox hasn't explained what's happened.
But it's likely Disney must have known about the delay - otherwise it probably wouldn't have shifted the Star Wars release date back.
A clash wouldn't have been good for either film.
So the wait for Avatar 2 continues - with no-one prepared to say when the film will be finally be ready.
Earlier this month, Star Wars overtook Avatar as the biggest ever film in America. But Avatar remains the highest-grossing film around the world, for now at least.
Avatar introduced the world to 3D as a realistic cinema experience.
But for all its blue-faced brilliance, it's been a long wait for another one.
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