D23 offered an update on James Cameron's next Avatar sequel, due in 2025
'Avatar 3' title revealed, James Cameron teases "High Emotional Stakes" at D23 Expo 2024
Don't you dare start a discourse about nobody wanting Avatar 3. Everyone made their point about Avatar's "cultural impact" ahead of 2022's The Way of Water, then James Cameron released his rebuttal, three hours of gorgeous rip-roaring water action (which reached up to US$2.3 billion worldwide). We can let Avatar 3, now under the title Fire and Ashes, wash over us. Or maybe burn?
James Cameron was on hand at the 2024 D23 Expo on Friday to preach the good word about Avatar and update fans who know he's taking way too long to finish these things. Yes, the third Avatar movie is on track to reach its current release date of December 19, 2025. And yes, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 are still very much in development (although there were no real updates from the panel). Na'vi are here to stay, haters be damned.
Avatar: Fire and Ash finds most of The Way of Water thrown back for another dip in Pandora's sea. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang, plus all the children who portrayed the Na'vi children. Expect some new additions: David Thewlis (Harry Potter films) will appear as a new Na'vi, while Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh will appear in human form as a new scientist.
