James Cameron, Jon Landau reach New Zealand to restart production on Avatar' sequels

Veteran director James Cameron and producer Jon Landau along with 50 or crew members reached Wellington, New Zealand, to resume shooting of upcoming sequels in Avatar franchise.

Landau posted on Instagram that film's team has landed in country and will be self-isolating as per guidelines laid by government. Me it to New Zealand. Our 14-day government supervised self-isolation w begins, producer wrote alongside a picture of him and Cameron at airport wearing mask and face shield.

According to Variety, around 54 passengers were on board a chartered Air New Zealand plane, which departed over weekend from Los Angeles International Airport and directly landed in Wellington on Sunday. Landau h anunced last week that he would be returning to New Zealand to resume filming on sequel of 2009 movie.

production on project h come to halt in mid-March after New Zealand government anunced a lockdown to stem spre of coronavirus in country. Cameron h planned to complete long delayed sequels of film by end of 2020 by simultaneously working on four films with Avatar 2' slated for a release on December 17 2021, with follow ups to be released in December 2023, December 2025 and December 2027, respectively.