James Cameron’s Billion-Dollar ‘Avatar’ Sequels Can Resume as New Zealand Gets Back to Work

New Zealand appears to have a firm hold on the Covid-19 situation, as Saturday, May 9 marks the first day the island country has reported no new cases.

According to Deadline, some TV and film productions “are already safely underway,” as confirmed to the outlet by the New Zealand Film Commission.

That means James Cameron’s “Avatar-2-2021-movie-posters/”>Avatar 2” and “Avatar 3” could soon resume production, as well as Amazon’s mammoth “Lord of the Rings” series.

In a world where quarantine shutdowns have brought film and television production to a screeching halt, New Zealand’s health protocols now enable sets to get back to work, albeit with safety guidelines.“Avatar” director James Cameron and producer Jon Landau were in production on the first two of the four planned “Avatar” sequels when filming was suspended in the middle of March.

Production has reportedly managed to continue virtually in California in collaboration with

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