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The 2014 and 2015 holidays are gonna get their blocks busted.

James Cameron has confirmed that the next installments of what will be the Avatar trilogy will be released over both of those upcoming Christmases.

“I am in the process of writing the next two Avatar films now,” the director said. “We are planning to shoot them together and post them together, and we will probably release them about a year apart. [That] is the current plan.”

Cameron also teased that, yes, characters from the first, groundbreaking movie will pop up in the sequel and the threequel, “at least in some form.”

And to prove that the projects aren’t just about cashing in, he also announced that he and the studio have partnered “to donate a chunk of the profits to environmental causes that are at the heart of the Avatar world. I didn’t want to make more Avatar movies without a grander plan in place.”

Well, isn’t that nice.

Photo: EW.com.