Avatar: Fire and Ash is an upcoming American epic science fiction film co-produced, co-edited and directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver from a story the trio wrote with Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Studios, it is the sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and the third installment in the Avatar film series. Cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, Matt Gerald, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Britain Dalton, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo and Duane Evans Jr. reprise their roles from previous films, while David Thewlis and Oona Chaplin portray new characters.
Cameron, who had stated in 2006 that he would like to make sequels to Avatar if it was successful, announced the first two sequels in 2010 following the success of the first film, with the then-untitled Avatar 3 aiming for a 2015 release. However, the addition of two more sequels (four in total), and the development of new technology required to film performance capture scenes underwater, a feat never accomplished before, led to significant delays to allow the crew more time to work on the writing, pre-production, and visual effects. Avatar: Fire and Ash started shooting simultaneously with Avatar: The Way of Water in New Zealand on September 25, 2017; filming completed in late December 2020, after over three years of shooting.
The film's theatrical release has been subject to nine delays, with the latest occurring on August 9, 2024; it is scheduled for release on December 19, 2025 and will be one of the final production credits for producer Jon Landau, who died of cancer in July 2024. Two additional sequels, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5, are in various stages of production and are expected to be respectively released in 2029 and 2031.
Cast[]
- Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, a former human who fell in love with Neytiri and befriended the Na'vi after becoming a part of the Avatar Program, eventually taking their side in their conflict with humans and transferred his mind into his avatar permanently. After the second film, he and his family have left the Omatikaya clan and joined the Metkayina clan.
- Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri, Jake's wife who left the Omatikaya, and joined the Metkayina.
- Sigourney Weaver as Kiri, the daughter of Dr. Grace Augustine's Na'vi avatar who was adopted by Jake and Neytiri.
- Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch, formerly a human military commander who led the forces of the RDA, the human organization colonizing Pandora, and died in their conflict with the Na'vi in 2154. He and other fallen soldiers were later resurrected as Avatar "recombinants".
- Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge, the disgraced former head administrator for the RDA mining operation in the first film.
- Kate Winslet as Ronal, a free diver of the Metkayina and Tonowari's wife, who is pregnant.
- Cliff Curtis as Tonowari, chieftain of the reef people clan of Metkayina.
- Joel David Moore as Dr. Norm Spellman, a former scientist of the Avatar Program who chose to side with the Na'vi in the first film.
- CCH Pounder as Mo'at, the Omatikaya's spiritual leader and Neytiri's mother.
- Edie Falco as General Frances Ardmore, Quaritch's successor as commander of the RDA's military operations.
- Brendan Cowell as Captain Mick Scoresby, the former commander of a private sector marine hunting vessel on the planet of Pandora who previously lost an arm to Payakan.
- Jemaine Clement as Dr. Ian Garvin, a marine biologist employed by Scoresby.
- Britain Dalton as Lo'ak, Jake and Neytiri's second son and the narrator of the film.
- Trinity Jo-Li Bliss as Tuktirey ("Tuk"), Jake and Neytiri's daughter and their youngest child.
- Jack Champion as Miles "Spider" Socorro, the teenaged son of Quaritch born in Hell's Gate (the human base on Pandora in the first film) who was rescued and adopted by Jake and Neytiri after they had previously killed his father.
- Bailey Bass as Tsireya ("Reya"), a graceful and strong free diver of the Metkayina and Tonowari and Ronal's daughter. In the second film, Tsireya emerges as Lo'ak's love interest.
- Filip Geljo as Ao'nung, a young male hunter and free diver of the Metkayina and Tonowari and Ronal's son.
- Duane Evans Jr. as Rotxo, a young male hunter and free diver of the Metkayina.
- Dileep Rao as Dr. Max Patel, a scientist who worked in the Avatar Program and came to support Jake's rebellion against the RDA.
- Matt Gerald as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet, a mercenary who fought and died in the RDA's battle against the Na'vi in 2154. Years later, the RDA placed his memories into a recombinant.
David Thewlis has been cast as Peylak, a Na'vi character who will be featured in Avatar: Fire and Ash along with Avatar 4 and 5. Oona Chaplin will portray Varang, the Na'vi leader of a volcano-dwelling "Ash People" clan. Cameron said of Varang that "Varang is the leader of a people who have gone through an incredible hardship. She's hardened by that. She will do anything for them, even things that we would consider to be evil." The film will also see the return of Payakan, the Tulkun who befriends Lo'ak.
Release[]
Avatar: Fire and Ash is scheduled to be released on December 20, 2024, by 20th Century Studios. Like its predecessor, the film was subjected to eight delays, since the crew took more time on the writing, pre-production and visual effects process. It was originally scheduled for December 2015, until Cameron pushed the release to 2016, 2017 and 2018. In April 2016, coinciding with the launch of four Avatar sequels, a new release date of December 2020 was announced. The following year, a new release date of December 17, 2021 was announced, with the recurring sequels: Avatar 4 and 5 releasing on December 20, 2024, and December 19, 2025, respectively. However, following the announcement of the then-upcoming Star Wars sequel trilogy, in May 2019, the sequels' release dates were pushed back to two years, with Fire and Ash being scheduled to released on December 22, 2023. The release date was again deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in August 2020, a new release of December 20, 2024 was announced. Another delay was announced on June 13, 2023 due to both complications surrounding the 2023 Writer's Guild of America strike and discussions about possible reshoots in post-production, pushing the film to December 19, 2025. Avatar: Fire and Ash and the forthcoming sequels will be released in Dolby Vision.
In December 2022, shortly after Avatar: The Way of Water was released, it was revealed that Cameron handed in his first cut of Fire and Ash, which had a running time of nine hours. Cameron later clarified that the nine hours of material referred to Fire and Ash, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 being each three-hour films for a total of nine hours. Cameron revealed in a interview with 20 minutes that the film would feature new Na'vi people, called the 'Ash people', who will be the antagonists of the film.
Sequels[]
Avatar: Fire and Ash is the second of four planned sequels to Avatar. Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 are planned to follow after ķ'Fire and Ash's release. Although the last two sequels have been reportedly greenlit, Cameron stated in a November 26, 2017 interview: "Let's face it, if Avatar 2 and 3 don't make enough money, there's not going to be a 4 and 5". David Thewlis later confirmed this in February 2018, stating "they're making 2 and 3, they're gonna see if people go and see them, and then they'll make 4 and 5". Conversely, Sigourney Weaver stated in November 2018, after the first two sequels had completed main photography, that she was currently "busy doing Avatar 4 and 5", which several media outlets interpreted as confirmation that the last two sequels had started filming.
In January 2019, in face of the proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that both Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 are being developed but have not been officially greenlit. According to producer Jon Landau in February 2019, Iger may have been misinterpreted. He said that Avatar 4 and 5 "are not only [greenlit]" but also a third of Avatar 4 has already been filmed.
In September 2022, at the D23 Expo, Cameron announced that production had officially begun for Avatar 4. In January 2024, Cameron said that he will not start filming the remainder of Avatar 4 until Avatar: Fire and Ash is released.
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