James Cameron is to film three Avatar sequels at the same time.
The 57-year-old director looks set to helm the hat-trick of movies after Sigourney Weaver confirmed the plans are in her schedule.
The actress is due to reprise her role as Dr Grace Augustine for the follow-up motion pictures to the 2009 3-D sci-fi film which tells the tale of humans exploiting the natural resources of the planet Pandora.
In an interview with Showbiz 411, the 62-year-old actress admits she has no idea how James is going to helm all three movies at once, nor how long it will take.
'I just show up,' she said.
Sigourney revealed she will begin shooting Avatar in the autumn.
Her comments come after James - who has directed Titanic, The Terminator and Aliens - previously admitted he only plans to make Avatar films for the rest of his career.
He explained: 'I'm in the 'Avatar' business. Period. That's it. I'm making Avatar 2, Avatar 3, maybe Avatar 4, and I'm not going to produce other people's movies for them.
'I'm not interested in taking scripts.... I think within the Avatar landscape I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said, in terms of the state of the world and what I think we need to be doing about it. And doing it in an entertaining way.'
Fans of the franchise have been waiting to hear news about the production schedule since Cameron unveiled plans in 2010 to shoot at least two new Avatar movie.
Now, Avatar 2 is projected to land in theatres in 2015, with a third installation to follow.
The original Avatar earned more than $2billion at the worldwide box office, earning the title of the highest-grossing film of all-time, sinking Titanic, which previously held the record with $1.8billion in ticket sales.
Avatar also earned nine Oscar nominations and won three, and it was named the year's best movie at the Golden Globe Awards.
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
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