So looks like Avatar is to continue to follow in the footsteps of The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia and have its sequels filmed in New Zealand.
This week James Cameron announced that there would be three sequels following the 2009 blockbuster. The news was made alongside New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key in Wellington.
The films will be produced by Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox, it’s expected that the first sequel will be released in 2016.
According to Reuters, the film companies will spend NZ$500 million on live action and CGI.
"The Avatar sequels will provide hundreds of jobs and thousands of hours of work directly in the screen sector as well as jobs right across the economy," said Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce, in a statement.
The first Avatar movie was nominated for nine Oscars and won three in 2010.
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