I don't think it will. Avatar took so long to make because the technology required to make it was not available te years ago, so James decided to wait. I'd imagine they would aim for a dec 2012 release for the second movie, it depends on when they begin pre-production. Last I heard, the script is half-finished now.

Avatar Grosses: Release Date- Gross- As of
Argentina 1/1/10 $3,601,061 1/10/10
Australia 12/17/09 $57,860,731 1/10/10
Austria 12/18/09 $9,002,969 1/10/10
Bahrain 12/17/09 $223,847 1/6/10
Belgium and Luxembourg 12/16/09 $8,299,289 1/10/10
Bolivia 12/17/09 $723,272 1/6/10
Brazil 12/18/09 $28,224,642 1/10/10
Bulgaria 12/18/09 $2,302,054 1/10/10
Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Paragua 12/18/09 $3,443,498 1/10/10
Chile 12/17/09 $5,750,928 1/10/10
China 1/2/10 $41,417,617 1/10/10
Colombia 12/17/09 $6,323,720 1/10/10
Croatia 12/17/09 $684,386 1/6/10
Czech Republic/Slovakia 12/17/09 $6,853,665 1/10/10
Denmark 12/18/09 $11,264,712 1/10/10
Dominican Republic 12/17/09 $735,558 1/6/10
East & West Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda) 12/18/09 $534,827 1/6/10
Ecuador 12/18/09 $1,501,310 1/10/10
Egypt 12/16/09 $627,502 1/6/10
Estonia 12/18/09 $541,648 1/6/10
Finland 12/18/09 $3,385,137 1/10/10
France and Algeria, Monaco, Morocco and Tunisia 12/16/09 $101,393,223 1/10/10
Germany 12/17/09 $73,381,489 1/10/10
Greece 12/17/09 $9,427,868 1/10/10
Hong Kong 12/17/09 $13,117,211 1/10/10
Hungary 12/17/09 $4,365,928 1/10/10
Iceland 12/18/09 $590,719 1/6/10
India 12/18/09 $17,821,955 1/10/10
Indonesia 12/17/09 $4,875,577 1/10/10
Israel 12/17/09 $4,097,592 1/10/10
Italy 1/15/10 n/a n/a
Jamaica 12/16/09 $341,385 1/6/10
Japan 12/23/09 $50,760,456 1/10/10
Jordan 12/16/09 $302,035 1/6/10
Kuwait 12/17/09 $581,972 1/6/10
Latvia 12/18/09 $630,225 1/6/10
Lebanon 12/17/09 $558,067 1/6/10
Lithuania 12/18/09 $597,371 1/6/10
Malaysia 12/17/09 $5,597,453 1/10/10
Mexico 12/17/09 $28,442,031 1/10/10
Netherlands 12/17/09 $12,203,351 1/10/10
New Zealand and Fiji 12/17/09 $6,367,232 1/10/10
Norway 12/18/09 $7,338,314 1/10/10
Oman 12/17/09 $118,158 1/6/10
Peru 12/17/09 $3,134,002 1/10/10
Philippines 12/17/09 $3,571,925 1/10/10
Poland 12/25/09 $9,703,779 1/6/10
Portugal and Angola 12/17/09 $5,731,447 1/10/10
Qatar 12/17/09 $367,017 1/6/10
Romania 12/18/09 $3,091,215 1/10/10
Russia - CIS 12/17/09 $78,422,271 1/10/10
Serbia and Montenegro 12/17/09 $439,813 1/6/10
Singapore 12/17/09 $6,527,894 1/10/10
Slovenia 12/17/09 $1,166,232 1/10/10
South Africa (Entire Region) 12/18/09 $3,456,205 1/10/10
South Korea 12/17/09 $54,688,982 1/10/10
Spain 12/18/09 $60,112,290 1/10/10
Sweden 12/18/09 $12,400,165 1/10/10
Switzerland 12/17/09 $9,673,584 1/10/10
Syria 12/17/09 $61,893 1/6/10
Taiwan 12/18/09 $16,356,079 1/10/10
Thailand 12/17/09 $6,817,339 1/10/10
Trinidad & Tobago 12/16/09 $388,115 1/6/10
Turkey 12/18/09 $8,969,218 1/10/10
Ukraine 12/17/09 $4,889,781 1/10/10
United Arab Emirates 12/17/09 $4,005,811 1/10/10
United Kingdom and Ireland and Malta 12/18/09 $67,063,506 1/10/10
Uruguay 1/1/10 $377,533 1/6/10
Venezuela 12/18/09 $5,822,558 1/10/10
Vietnam 12/18/09 $719,740 1/6/10

Philippines 12/17/09 $3,571,925 1/10/10

W-O-W

United Kingdom and Ireland and Malta 12/18/09 $67,063,506 1/10/10

I would have thought that UK box office taking would be higher, France is at 100 million...

America's Funniest Home Videos 6.863 million viewers
Extreme Makeover Home Edition 10.549 million viewers
Desperate Housewives 14.025 million viewers
Brothers & Sisters 10.446 million viewers

60 Minutes 10.027 million viewers
NCIS: Los Angeles (R) 6.940 million viewers
Cold Case 10.383 million viewers
Criminal Minds (R) 9.442 million viewers

Dateline 6.265 million viewers
Chuck (2 Hour season premier) 7.450 million viewers

Fox NFC Wildcard Game 34.406 million viewers
Post-Game 25.180 million viewers
The Simpsons 14.624 million viewers
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3D! On Ice! 11.429 million viewers
The Cleveland Show 8.144 million viewers

Sunday cable finals

Celebration of Gospel 2.650 million viewers

Keeping Up With the Kardashians 3.567 million viewers

Food Network Challenge 1.835 million viewers
Iron Chef America 1.866 million viewers
Worst Cooks in America 2.050 million viewers

Big Love 1.728 million viewers

Ax Men 2.477 million viewers

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan 1.023 million viewers

Tough Love 2 1.337 million viewers

The Bachelor 10.498 million viewers
Castle 9.474 million viewers

How I Met Your Mother 9.774 million viewers
Accidentally on Purpose 8.436 million viewers
Two and a Half Men 17.266 million viewers
The Big Bang Theory 15.818 million viewers
CSI: Miami 13.701 million viewers

Chuck 7.355 million viewers
Heroes 4.721 million viewers
The Jay Leno Show 4.799 million viewers

House 12.247 million viewers
Fringe 7.719 million viewers

One Tree Hill (R) 1.157 million viewers
Gossip Girl (R) 0.732 million viewers

Wow... Heroes... yikes.

Monday Cable Finals

Secret Life of the American Teenager 3.105 million viewers
Make It or Break It 2.076 million viewers

Intervention 2.057 million viewers
Hoarders 2.246 million viewers

The Goode Family 0.562 million viewers

Pawn Stars 1.920 million viewers

Little People, Big World 1.859 million viewers
Cake Boss 1.831 million viewers

Men of a Certain Age 2.868 million viewers

WWE Raw 5.492 million viewers
WWE Raw 5.403 million viewers

For the Love of Ray J 2 1.677 million viewers

Fantasia For Real 2.302 million viewers

Let's Talk About Pep 1.939 million viewers

WOW. Heroes.

noo heroes! this season is sooo good as well, im praying they dont cancel and give it antoher chance next season

Omg simpsons ownage Glad to see this season ratings are on the up any eplantion for it ?

ouch on heroes

Scrubs (R) 2.447 million viewers
Better Off Ted 2.166 million viewers
Scrubs 2.718 million viewers
Better Off Ted 2.497 million viewers
The Forgotten 4.325 million viewers

NCIS 20.845 million viewers
NCIS: Los Angeles 15.596 million viewers
The Good Wife 13.871 million viewers

The Biggest Loser 8.115 million viewers
The Jay Leno Show 6.099 million viewers

American Idol 29.936 million viewers

90210 (R) 0.695 million viewers
Melrose Place (R) 0.664 million viewers

Tuesday cable finals

Monica: Still Standing 0.711 million viewers

Tabatha's Salon Takeover 1.092 million viewers

Dirty Jobs 1.846 million viewers

Howe & Howe Tech 1.417 million viewers

Chopped 1.436 million viewers

Teen Mom 2.178 million viewers

Bad Girls Club 1.734 million viewers

Southland 1.977 million viewers

Monday Box Office, Totals in bold

1 Avatar Fox $5,111,193 - $435,957,707
2 Sherlock Holmes WB $1,227,375 - $166,380,468
3 Daybreakers LGF $1,193,254 - $16,339,946
4 It's Complicated Uni. $901,275 - $77,271,815
5 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $655,415 - $179,106,580
6 Youth in Revolt W/Dim. $641,110 - $7,529,444
7 Leap Year Uni. $577,530 - $9,780,345
8 Up in the Air Par. $560,060 - $55,360,748
9 The Blind Side WB $501,226 - $219,479,602
10 The Princess and the Frog BV $236,218 -$92,782,945

Tuesday Box Office, totals in bold

1 AVATAR Fox $5,066,734 - $441,024,441
2 SHERLOCK HOLMES Warner Bros.$ 1,404,213 - $167,784,681
3 IT'S COMPLICATED Universal $1,152,565 - $78,424,380
4 DAYBREAKERS Lionsgate $1,123,088 - $17,463,034
5 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL Fox $727,988 - $179,834,568
6 UP IN THE AIR Paramount $716,475 - $56,077,223
7 LEAP YEAR Universal $703,080 - $10,483,425
8 YOUTH IN REVOLT Weinstein / Dimension $615,962 - $8,145,406
9 THE BLIND SIDE Warner Bros. $554,184 - $220,033,786
10 THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Buena Vista $255,265 - $93,038,210

Modern Family (R) 5.119 million viewers
The Middle 5.946 million viewers
Modern Family 7.828 million viewers
Cougar Town 7.268 million viewers
Ugly Betty 4.403 million viewers

Old Christine 5.967 million viewers
Gary Unmarried 5.591 million viewers
Criminal Minds 13.900 million viewers
CSI: NY 14.032 million viewers

Mercy 5.851 million viewers
Law & Order: SVU 7.652 million viewers
The Jay Leno Show 5.305 million viewers

American Idol 26.393 million viewers
The Simpsons (R) 8.057 million viewers

One Tree Hill (R) 0.817 million viewers
Gossip Girl (R) 0.535 million viewers

The new post-Olympics program schedule grid follows (all times ET); new series are in upper case.

MONDAYS
8-9 p.m. - "Chuck"
9-10 p.m. - "Trauma" (beginning March 8)
10-11 p.m. -"Law & Order" (returns March 1 with two-hour episode, 9-11 p.m. (ET); resumes in regular time slot March 8)

TUESDAYS
8-10 p.m. - "The Biggest Loser"
10-11 p.m. - "PARENTHOOD" (premieres March 2)

WEDNESDAYS
8-9 p.m. - "Mercy"
9-10 p.m. - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (encores beginning March 3)
10-11 p.m. - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (originals beginning March 3)

THURSDAYS
8-8:30 p.m. - "Community"
8:30-9 p.m. - "Parks and Recreation"
9-9:30 p.m. - "The Office"
9:30-10 p.m. - "30 Rock"
10-11 p.m. - "THE MARRIAGE REF" (premieres March 4; sneak preview February 28)

FRIDAYS
8-9 p.m. - "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" (premieres March 5; "Friday Night Lights" returns on April 30)
9-11 p.m. - "Dateline NBC" (begins March 5)

SATURDAYS (all beginning March 6)
8-9 p.m. - "The Biggest Loser" (encore episode)
9-10 p.m. - "Law & Order" (encore episode)
10-11 p.m. - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (encore episode)

SUNDAYS (all beginning March 14)
7-8 p.m. - "Dateline NBC"
8-9 p.m. - "MINUTE TO WIN IT" (premieres March 14)
9-11 p.m. - "The Celebrity Apprentice" (season premiere March 14)

Wednesday Box Office, Totals in bold

1 AVATAR Fox $4,743,762 - $445,768,203
2 SHERLOCK HOLMES Warner Bros. $1,204,248 - $168,988,929
3 IT'S COMPLICATED Universal $1,063,425 - $79,487,805
4 DAYBREAKERS Lionsgate $898,012 - $18,361,046
5 UP IN THE AIR Paramount $654,086 - $56,731,309
6 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL Fox $613,597 - $180,448,165
7 LEAP YEAR Universal $589,995 - $11,073,420
8 THE BLIND SIDE Warner Bros. $568,397 - $220,602,183
9 YOUTH IN REVOLT Weinstein / Dimension $509,174 - $8,654,580
10 THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Buena Vista $231,867 - $93,270,077