Producer shares concept art for Crabsuit submersible from Avatar sequels

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Director James Cameron has returned to New Zealand to get back to work making a whole lot more AVATAR for us to look forward to, and producer Jon Landau has decided to mark the occasion by sharing some AVATAR sequel concept art online. In the images below we see the Crabsuit, "a human driven multifunction submersible. One of the many new Resources Development Administration vehicles that will be seen in the AVATAR sequels." And yep, this definitely looks like the sort of thing that would be on display in a James Cameron movie.

We're coming up on the 11th anniversary of the release of AVATAR (watch it HERE), and if you're wondering why it has taken so long to get a sequel off the ground, it's because Cameron spent years getting screenplays ready for not just AVATAR 2 but also AVATARs 3, 4, and 5. Parts 2 and 3 are being shot concurrently, and have been in production since 2017. Apparently some footage has been shot for 4 and 5 as well, but it has been said that those sequels won't officially receive a greenlight until the studio sees how successful AVATAR 2 is – although they have already given the films release dates, just in case.

Landau says AVATAR 2 is the story of 

the Sully family and what one does to keep their family together. Jake and Neytiri have a family in this movie, they are forced to leave their home, they go out and explore the different regions of Pandora, including spending quite a bit of time on the water, around the water, in the water."

The cast of AVATAR 2 includes returning stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore, and Giovanni Ribisi, as well as newcomers Kate Winslet, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, and Vin Diesel. They're joined in the cast of AVATAR 3 by David Thewlis.

The release dates of all of the AVATAR sequels were recently pushed back one year, due to delays caused by the pandemic. AVATAR 2 is scheduled to reach theatres on December 16, 2022; AVATAR 3 on December 20, 2024; AVATAR 4 on December 18, 2026; and AVATAR 4 on December 22, 2028.

Cameron will be directing all of the films. He wrote the screenplays for the first and fifth movies on his own. Josh Friedman co-wrote 2 with him, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are his co-writers on 3, and he wrote 4 with Shane Salerno.
 

The Crabsuit: A human driven multifunction submersible. One of the many new RDA vehicles that will be seen in the Avatar sequels.

Thanks to Producer @JonLandau for sharing this concept art! pic.twitter.com/8RwZ38nizj

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