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Disney Cuts the Biggest Movie From 2020 Lineup, ‘Avatar 2’

The sequel inherited from Fox will now debut in December 2021
‘Star Wars’ series, meanwhile, is set to resume in 2022

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By Nick Turner and Anousha Sakoui

May 7, 2019 at 4:56 PM UTC

Updated on

May 7, 2019 at 5:24 PM UTC

“Avatar” fans will have to wait another year.

Walt Disney Co., which acquired the franchise when it bought 21st Century Fox Inc.’s entertainment assets this year, will delay “Avatar 2” to December 2021 from 2020. Additional sequels also were pushed back, meaning a proposed “Avatar 5” won’t debut until 2027.