James Cameron reveals ‘Avatar 2’ is complete, praises New Zealand’s Covid-19 response

He said the pandemic meant the films lost four or five months of production

The director hailed the country’s response to the outbreak, saying we’re able to have more or less a normal life here

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Published: 3:41pm, 28 Sep 2020Updated: 3:44pm, 28 Sep 2020

James Cameron has given fans an update on the Avatar sequels during a chat with none other than the Terminator.

Speaking from New Zealand, Cameron joined Arnold Schwarzenegger for the 2020 Austrian World Summit. While the actor and director mostly spoke about veganism and environmental issues, Schwarzenegger sneaked in a question about the Avatar sequels.

The pair also spoke about New Zealand’s Covid-19 response and how the pandemic had affected the production of the Avatar sequels – and Cameron revealed the second Avatar film is complete.

“I know you’re in the middle of shooting Avatar, I know you had to get up now to do this interview because of the time change in New Zealand and all that stuff, tell me, is there anything that we should know? When is the movie coming out in the theatres, what’s going on there?”, Schwarzenegger asked.

“Covid hit us like it hit everybody, it hit us hard,” Cameron said. He said the pandemic meant the films lost four or five months of production.