Zoe Saldana recently gave an interview about her character Gamora in Avengers: Infinity War with the LA Times, but she also gave an update on Avatar 2 in the same interview. Don’t read the full interview unless you don’t mind spoilers for Infinity War. Saldana mentions that they are currently finishing up the motion capture work for Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 at the moment with the next part being pre-production on the live-action shots. They will then shoot the film in New Zealand. Here’s her full answer:
“We are just about finishing motion capture production on the [second and third] movies, and then after that, they go straight into pre-production for the live-action part that will shoot for six months in New Zealand. So we’re kind of only halfway done. [Laughs] It’s wonderful. We’re not complaining. We get to drive every day to Manhattan Beach and go to Pandora with our favorite director and my most favorite role model in this town.
I know I can speak for Sam Worthington right now, we are exhilarated — we get to be up against Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang, and we’re working with an amazing cast who are finally getting the opportunity to work with James Cameron. We are having a lot of fun.”
Avatar 2 is currently slated for a December 18, 2020, release.
