Avatar: James cameron promises four sequels

James Cameron announced at CinemaCon 2016 today that there will be four Avatar sequels, with the first hitting theaters in 2018.

Avatar 2 was pushed back earlier this year to avoid opening the same weekend as Star Wars Episode VIII, and now it looks like that movie will be the first of many to come within James Cameron's universe.

According to Variety, the next three films will premiere in 2020, 2022 and 2023. Cameron said the sequels would be filmed concurrently and each will be a standalone film, which combined will create a complete saga.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly last December, Cameron said he felt pressured with his sequel, saying he wants to make sure the first Avatar "wasn't just some big fluke."