The three Avatar sequels will be shot largely in New Zealand, after the Government agreed to boost the incentives for international big budget films to up to 25 per cent.
As part of the agreement, Cameron and Avatar producer Jon Landau will serve as the founding members of a new screen advisory board for at least five years and are committed to employing New Zealand workers, expected to number in the hundreds.
"There's no place in the world that we could make these sequels more cost effectively," Landau said after the deal was announced last month.
The film's producers, 20th Century Fox, will get the full 25 per cent tax rebate if they spend at least $500 million on the three films.
- Agencies, staff reporter