Disney announced on Tuesday that it is producing three more Star Wars films that will hit theaters starting in 2022. Bonus information came for fans came when Disney also announced that they will be four Avatar sequels.
The upcoming film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is said to hit theatres on December 20 after which, the next film will debut three years later on December 16, 2022. Unluckily for some, James Cameron's long-awaited and often delayed follow-up to Avatar has been pushed back by another year. Avatar 2 will now release internationally on December 17, 2021, instead of December 18, 2020, as originally planned.
A still from the film Avatar
Two more Star Wars films will follow in December of 2024 and 2026, according to Disney. The Avatar will then alternate every year with Star Wars, releasing films in December of 2023, 2025 and 2027. Disney did not give titles or plot details for the new Star Wars and Avatar films. It's not clear if the three Star Wars films are part of a trilogy or if they are spinoffs of the main Skywalker saga.
A still from the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The first Avatar movie is the highest-grossing film in history, bringing in roughly $2.8 billion at the worldwide box office in 2009. Star Wars and Avatar make up two of the biggest blockbuster brands in Hollywood history. Star Wars has made roughly $9.5 billion at the global box office since 1977. That includes four films produced by Disney that have made nearly $5 billion at the worldwide box office since 2015. Disney acquired Avatar when it completed its $17 billion purchase for most of 21st Century Fox's assets earlier this year.
The company also announced that there will be two Marvel films next year on May 1 and November 6. After that, the studio will release three films in 2021 and three in 2022. Marvel is coming off the highest-grossing film opening in history with Avengers: Endgame which made a record $1.2 billion when it debuted last month.
A still from Avengers: Endgame
