Omunye wabakhiqizi befilimu ethi "Avatar 2" John Landau eshicilelwe ngezithombe ze-Instagram kusuka esizeni sefilimu. Uhambe nokuthumela kwesiginesha:
Sijabule kakhulu ngembuyiselo eNew Zealand ngesonto elizayo.
Umqondisi "Avatars" uJames Cameron uthe ngolunye usuku:
Isimo sisibeka ekugcineni. Ngifuna ukubuyela emsebenzini ku- "avatar", kodwa kuvinjelwe yimithetho ephuthumayo. Sizama ukuqala kabusha inqubo yokudubula ngokushesha okukhulu ngangokunokwenzeka. Kubukeka sengathi iNew Zealand ilawulwa ngempumelelo leli gciwane. Umgomo wabo ukuqedela ukuqedwa kwesifo, abakwenzayo ngosizo lokulandela ngolaka koxhumana nabo kanye nokuhlukaniswa. Kithina, lezi yizindaba ezimnandi, ngoba zisinika ithemba lokuthi ukudubula kuzophazanyiswa isikhashana. Labo kithi abangasebenza kwifilimu ekhaya. Kepha umsebenzi wami usesigabeni, ngakho-ke ngizojabula lapho ukonakala kwedwa sekuphelile.
Iziphathimandla zaseNew Zealand zisanda kuthambisa imithetho yokubamba umsebenzi wezomkhakha wamafilimu. Ukudutshulwa kungaphinde kwaqashelwa ngenkathi kuvinjelwa inombolo ngasikhathi sinye endaweni yokudubula yabantu nalapho kubhalisa bonke ababambiqhaza kule nqubo yeKhomishini Yesimo Esikhethekile. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukudubula hhayi kuphela "ama-avatarar", kepha futhi "neNkosi yezindandatho" kungahle kuphinde kwavuselelwa, kepha iqembu lefilimu lalo msebenzi alizange libike lutho ngezinhlelo zalo.
Induna ye-avatar 2 ihlelelwe ngoDisemba 17, 2021. Ukuvuselelwa okusondele kokuhlunga kunika ithemba lokuthi usuku lwe-premi lungeke ludluliselwe khona.