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Avatar: Fire and Ash
The films theatrical poster depicting the films character, including Varang in the poster. Varang is also shown depicted flying in her banshee, with the films logo below them.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Cameron
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRussell Carpenter
Edited by
Music bySimon Franglen[a]
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Studios
Release dates
  • December 1, 2025 (2025-12-01) (Dolby Theatre)[1]
  • December 19, 2025 (2025-12-19) (United States)
Running time
197 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400+ million[3]
Box office$19,710[4]

Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 2025 American epic science fiction film 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. Distributed by 20th Century Studios and produced by Lightstorm Entertainment, it is the sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and the third installment in the Avatar franchise. 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 Bliss, Jack Champion, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo and Duane Evans, Jr. reprise their roles from the previous films, while Oona Chaplin and David Thewlis join the cast.

Cameron, who had stated in mid-2006 that he would like to make sequels to Avatar (2009) if it was successful, announced the first two sequels in early 2010 following the success of the first film, with the then-untitled Avatar 3 aiming for a December 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 The Way of Water in New Zealand on September 25, 2017; filming completed in late December 2020, after over three years of shooting. With an estimated budget of over $400 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.

Avatar: Fire and Ash had its world premiere at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, on December 1, 2025. A premiere in New Zealand was held at the Embassy Theatre, Wellington on December 13, 2025.[5] The film was released in Germany and the Philippines on December 17, 2025, and in the United States on December 19. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the visuals, characters, performances, and action, but criticized the runtime and simplicity of the plot.[b] Two additional sequels, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5, are in various stages of production and are scheduled to be released in 2029 and 2031, respectively.

Premise

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Shortly after settling in with the Metkayina clan, Jake and Neytiri's family grapples with grief because of Neteyam's death. They encounter a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Mangkwan clan, also called the Ash People. Led by the fiery leader, Varang, the Mangkwans have allied with Jake's enemy, Quaritch, as the conflict on Pandora escalates to devastating consequences.[9][10]

Cast

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  • Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, a former human and Colonel Miles Quaritch's former informer later arch-rival 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. In the second film, he and his family have left the Omatikaya clan and joined the Metkayina clan.[11][12]
  • Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri, Jake's wife who left the Omatikaya, and joined the Metkayina.[11] Saldaña described her character as having become a "full-blown racist" after the events of the second film, particularly towards her adoptive son Spider because of him being a physical reminder of how humans were the ones who killed her biological son Neteyam, to the point she has abandoned Eywa's will and her husband doesn't really recognize her anymore.[13]
  • Sigourney Weaver as Kiri, the daughter of Dr. Grace Augustine's Na'vi avatar, who was adopted by Jake and Neytiri.[14]
    • Weaver also reprises her role as Dr. Grace Augustine, who appears as a spirit.
  • 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". He seeks revenge against Jake and his family, including his son Miles "Spider" Socorro.[15]
  • Oona Chaplin as Varang, the Na'vi leader of the volcano-dwelling Mangkwan clan.[16][17][18][19] 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."[20]
  • Kate Winslet as Ronal, a free diver of the Metkayina and Tonowari's wife, who is pregnant.[21][22][23][24]
  • Cliff Curtis as Tonowari, chieftain of the reef people clan of Metkayina.[25][26]
  • 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.[27]
  • CCH Pounder as Mo'at, the Omatikaya's spiritual leader and Neytiri's mother.[28][29]
  • Edie Falco as General Frances Ardmore, Quaritch's successor as commander of the RDA's military operations.[30]
  • 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.[31][32]
  • Jemaine Clement as Dr. Ian Garvin, a marine biologist employed by Scoresby.[33]
  • Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge, the disgraced former head administrator for the RDA mining operation in the first film.[34][35][36]
  • David Thewlis as Peylak, the Na'vi leader of the Wind Traders who will be featured in Fire and Ash along with Avatar 4 and 5.[37][38][39]
  • Britain Dalton as Lo'ak, Jake and Neytiri's second son and the narrator of the film.[40][41][42]
  • 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 the latter had previously killed Quaritch.[40][43][44]
  • Trinity Jo-Li Bliss as Tuktirey ("Tuk"), Jake and Neytiri's daughter and their youngest child.[40][43][45]
  • Jamie Flatters as Neteyam, Jake and Neytiri's first son and oldest child who died in battle in the previous film, and now appears as a spirit.[40]
  • 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.[40][41][46]
  • Filip Geljo as Ao'nung, a young male hunter and free diver of the Metkayina and Tonowari and Ronal's son.[40][41][43]
  • Duane Evans Jr. as Rotxo, a young male hunter and free diver of the Metkayina.[40]
  • 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.[47]
  • Dileep Rao as Dr. Max Patel, a scientist who worked in the Avatar Program and came to support Jake's rebellion against the RDA.[48]

Production

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Development

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In mid-2006, James Cameron stated that if Avatar was successful, he hoped to make two sequels to the film.[49] In early 2010, he said that the film's widespread success confirmed that he would do so.[50] The sequels were originally scheduled for release in December 2014 and 2015.[51] He included certain scenes in the first film for future story follow-ups.[11][49] Cameron planned to shoot the sequels back-to-back and to begin work "once the novel is nailed down".[52] The sequels were confirmed as continuing to follow the characters of Jake and Neytiri in December 2009.[53] Cameron implied that the humans would return as the antagonists of the story.[54] In early 2011, Cameron stated his intention to film the sequels at a higher frame rate than the industry standard 24 frames per second, in order to add a heightened sense of reality.[55]

In late 2013, Cameron announced that the sequels would be filmed in New Zealand, with performance capture to take place in 2014. An agreement with the New Zealand government required at least one world premiere to be held in Wellington and at least NZ$500 million (approximately US$410 million at December 2013 exchange rates) to be spent on production activity in New Zealand, including live-action filming and visual effects. The New Zealand government announced it would raise its baseline tax rebate for filmmaking from 15% to 20%, with 25% available to international productions in some cases and 40% for New Zealand productions (as defined by section 18 of the New Zealand Film Commission Act 1978).[56][57]

In February 2016, production of the sequels was scheduled to begin in April 2016 in New Zealand.[58] Cinematographer Russell Carpenter, who worked with Cameron on True Lies and Titanic, and art director Aashrita Kamath, joined as crew members for the four sequels.[59][60][61] Kirk Krack, founder of Performance Freediving International, worked as a free-diving trainer for the cast and crew for the underwater scenes.[62] On July 31, 2017, it was announced that the New Zealand-based visual effects studio Weta Digital had commenced work on the Avatar sequels.[63]

Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver were originally announced as Cameron's co-writers; it was later announced that Cameron, Jaffa, Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno took a part in the writing process of all of the sequels before being assigned to finish the separate scripts, making the eventual writing credits unclear.[64][65][66][67][68] According to Cameron, this film was split off from Avatar: The Way of Water because the original conception of that film had too much material.[69] Cameron stated: "In a nutshell, we had too many great ideas packed into act one of movie 2. The [film] was moving like a bullet train, and we weren't drilling down enough on character. So I said, 'Guys, we've got to split it.'"[69]

In November 2018, BBC News reported that Avatar: The Seed Bearer was a potential title for the film after getting a scoop for the future plans.[70] Three months later, Cameron told Entertainment Tonight that it is in consideration and no final decision was made at that time.[71] On August 9, 2024, the official title of the film was revealed by Cameron as Avatar: Fire and Ash at the D23 fan convention.[72] Cameron said of the title "I don't think I could say too much about it until you actually see the film and you see what it means, but if you think of fire as hatred, anger, violence, that sort of thing, and ash is the aftermath. So what's the aftermath? Grief, loss, right? And then what does that cause in the future? More violence, more anger, more hatred. It's a vicious cycle. So that's the thinking."[73]

Writing

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Cameron wanted to explore "different cultures" from the first two Avatar films by including "Ash People"—fiery versions of Na'vi that was inspired by the Baining people in Papua New Guinea. He chose them to add "another angle" as enemies because Cameron previously took Na'vi "good sides" and humans on another.[74][75] Landau said:

"There are good humans, and there are bad humans—the same thing on the Na'avi [sic] side—but oftentimes, people don't see themselves as bad. What is the root cause of how they evolve into what we perceive as bad? Maybe there are other factors there that we're not aware of."[18]

Cameron said that "One thing we wanted to do in this film is not be black-and-white simplistic. Or blue-and-pink simplistic. ... We're trying to evolve beyond the 'all humans are bad, all Na'vi are good' paradigm."[20]

The film also introduces Wind Traders, who Cameron explained are "nomadic traders, equivalent to the camel caravans of the Spice Road back in the Middle Ages. And you know, they're just fun. Like all Na'vi, they live in a symbiosis with their creatures".[76]

Cameron also said that:

The big [creative] advance in ['Fire and Ash'] is just going to be greater character depth," Cameron said. "We're seeing new cultures, new creatures—all the same stuff you'd expect from an 'Avatar' movie, but the whole idea of this cycle of films is to live with these people and go on this epic journey with them. So I think it's not about, 'We're going to show you the best water [VFX] ever done'—but you get more into the heart and soul of the characters. And there's some very interesting new characters that come in as well. This is a journey over time. It will play out through movie three, into movie four and movie five. There's an epic cycle to the whole thing.[77]

Champion said of reading the script for Fire and Ash:

"I was very shocked by it. It just takes a hard left turn, and that's not a bad thing. You think you know where it's going, but then a wrecking ball comes. So you're completely like, 'Oh wow, I never thought that would've happened.' You also see more regions of Pandora, and you get introduced to more cultures. So I think it's even better than Avatar 2. Collectively, they'll each get better."[78]

Casting

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Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña were confirmed in January 2010 to have signed on to reprise their roles in the sequels.[11] Cameron also stated that Sigourney Weaver would be featured in all three sequels (the fourth one was not planned at the time) and that her character Grace Augustine would be alive, but it was later revealed she would instead be playing Kiri, Jake and Neytiri's adopted daughter.[14][79] In August 2017, in an interview with Empire, Cameron revealed that Stephen Lang would not only be returning in all four sequels but he would also be the main villain in all four films.[80]

In August 2017, Matt Gerald had officially signed on to portray his first film's role Corporal Lyle Wainfleet in all upcoming sequels.[47] On October 3, 2017, Kate Winslet had signed on for all four sequels in an unspecified role.[21] Cameron commented, "Kate and I had been looking for something to do together for 20 years, since our collaboration on Titanic, which was one of the most rewarding of my career", and added that her character was named Ronal.[21][22][81] On January 25, 2018, Dileep Rao was confirmed to return as Dr. Max Patel.[48] Winslet commented that her role was "relatively small comparative to the lengthy shoot", as she would only have one month of shootings, but also "a pivotal character in the ongoing story".[82]

Oona Chaplin plays Varang, the leader of the Mangkwan clan.

In June 2017, Oona Chaplin joined the cast as Varang, "a strong and vibrant central character who spans the entire saga of the sequels" starting with Fire and Ash.[16][83] Eiza González also auditioned for Chaplin's role.[84] On casting the relatively unknown Chaplin, Cameron explained: "There was something [Chaplin] just locked into. There's a sexuality; there's a dominating psychology, and there's a lot of fury. There are a lot of layers to what she's doing there and the forces that are driving her. Oona was able to move fluidly back and forth between those in a way that I wasn't seeing with the others."[85] In April 2018, David Thewlis revealed his involvement in the franchise, stating that he would be featured in three of the four sequels, later stating in January 2020 that his character was a Na'vi.[86][87][88] This led to Thewlis being largely reported as part of the cast of The Way of Water; however, he stated in June 2020 that the reports were wrong, and that he would actually be a part of Fire and Ash up to 5.[38]

Filming

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Principal photography began simultaneously with The Way of Water on September 25, 2017, in Manhattan Beach, California.[89] On November 14, 2018, Cameron announced filming with the principal performance capture cast had been completed.[90] Most filming on the fourth and fifth films will begin after wrapping the post-production on the first two sequels.[91][92] According to producer Jon Landau, live-action filming for Fire and Ash and its predecessor commenced in New Zealand in early 2019.[93] On March 17, 2020, Landau announced that filming in New Zealand had been postponed indefinitely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also confirmed that production would remain in Los Angeles.[94] However, work on visual effects continued at Weta Digital in Wellington.[95]

In early May, health and safety production protocols had been endorsed by the New Zealand government, allowing filming to resume in the country.[96] On May 31, part of the Avatar crew including James Cameron were granted entry into New Zealand under a special visa category for border exemptions for foreigners deemed essential to a project of "significant economic value".[97] On June 1, 2020, Landau posted a picture of himself and Cameron on Instagram, showing that they had returned to New Zealand to resume filming. After their arrival, all 55 crew members who had traveled to New Zealand started a 2-week government-supervised isolation period at a hotel in Wellington before they would resume filming. This would make Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash the first major Hollywood blockbusters to resume production after postponing filming due to the pandemic.[96][98][99][100][101] In September 2020, Cameron announced that 95% of Avatar: Fire and Ash had been completed.[102][103] Filming wrapped in December 2020.[104]

Following the December 2022 release of The Way of Water, Cameron decided to partially rewrite the script of the film to incorporate scenes involving the bird character of Toruk, which was introduced in the first film.[105]

In February 2024, Cameron gave the following update on Avatar: Fire and Ash:

It's pretty much in the can. We're shooting pick-ups on [Fire and Ash], which is just filling in the last 2 or 3%, and we've also got live-action pick-ups in June, that's another couple percent. We've got about a quarter of movie 4 in the can. We're post on [Fire and Ash] and now doing the VFX, which is an enormous job. I'll need every second between now and then to get it done. The tech has reached the point right now where it's really what we need. We make little improvements as we go along, but we're there. The whole point is we jumped back, that's why we spent seven years building to it and four years shooting the two films together. It's not about the technology, but about the minds and eyes of the computer artists. It's a very, very creative process—it's artistry. Thousands of people are involved and conducting the orchestra to get it all pitch perfect right now.[106]

Music

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Main article: Avatar: Fire and Ash (soundtrack)

In August 2021, Landau announced that Simon Franglen would compose the score for the Avatar sequels.[107][108] In October 2025, it was announced that Miley Cyrus would create an original song for the film, titled "Dream as One", co-written with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.[109] It was released on November 14, 2025.[110] The soundtrack was released on December 5, 2025.[111][112] A second original song, composed by Franglen, titled "The Future and the Past", sung in the fictional N'avi language by Saldaña, ends the album.[113]

Marketing

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In late July 2025, the teaser trailer was officially released exclusively in theaters before screenings of The Fantastic Four: First Steps and online on July 28, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. PT.[114][115][116] The trailer received positive responses from critics and fan sites, particularly focusing on the visuals.[114] The theatrical trailer was released on September 25, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. PT.[117][118]

In October 2025, Avatar: The Way of Water was re-released in theaters, with one of three clips from Fire and Ash randomly inserted as a mid-credits scene. One of the scenes shows Quaritch approaching an encampment of Ash Na'vi, and having a confrontation with Varang. Another of the scenes shows Sully's family boarding a Windtrader ship and meeting with Peylak. A third scene starts with the Sully family flying in the Windtrader ships when they are attacked by Ash Na'vi.[119]

Release

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Avatar: Fire and Ash was first released in Germany and the Philippines on December 17, 2025, and in the United States on December 19, 2025, by 20th Century Studios.[120][121][122] Like its predecessor, the film was subject to multiple delays (in this case, nine in total) since the crew took more time on the writing, pre-production and visual effects process. It was originally scheduled for December 2015,[11] until Cameron pushed the release to 2016, 2017 and 2018.[123] In April 2016, coinciding with the launch of four Avatar sequels, a new release date of December 2020 was announced.[124] The following year, a new release date of December 17, 2021, was announced, with the recurring sequels: Avatar 4 and 5 scheduled for release on December 20, 2024, and December 19, 2025, respectively.[125] However, following the announcement in May 2019 of three new Star Wars films,[126] the sequels' release dates were pushed back by two years, with Avatar: Fire and Ash, being scheduled to be released on December 22, 2023.[127] The release date was again pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in August 2020, a new release of December 20, 2024, was announced.[128][129] On June 13, 2023, the film was delayed again to its current date due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[121][122] Avatar: Fire and Ash and its forthcoming sequels will be released in Dolby Vision.[130]

In December 2022, shortly after Avatar: The Way of Water was released, it was stated that James Cameron's first cut of Fire and Ash had a running time of nine hours.[131] Cameron later clarified that the nine hours of material referred to Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 being each three-hour films for a total of nine hours.[132][133] He later specified that the run time of Fire and Ash would be longer than the 3 hour 12 minute run time of The Way of Water.[69]

Cameron revealed in a 2023 interview with 20 minutes that the film would feature a new Na'vi tribe, called the "Ash people", who will be the antagonists of the film.[134]

The Australian premiere that was scheduled for December 15, 2025, was cancelled as a result of the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting.[135]

Reception

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Box office

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As of December 18, 2025, Avatar: Fire and Ash has grossed $19,710 internationally.[4]

Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 69% of 203 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Remaining on the cutting edge of visual effects, Fire and Ash repeats the narrative beats of its predecessors to frustrating effect, but its grand spectacle continues to stoke one-of-a-kind thrills."[136] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[137]

Initial reactions were mostly positive, with critics calling the film an "ultimate cinematic spectacle", though there was some criticism toward the storytelling and repetitiveness.[c]

Accolades

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Awards and nominations for Avatar: Fire and Ash
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards January 10, 2026 Best Supporting Actress Sigourney Weaver Pending [143]
American Film Institute Awards December 4, 2025 Top 10 Films Avatar: Fire and Ash Won[d] [144]
Astra Midseason Movie Awards July 3, 2025 Most Anticipated Film Nominated [145]
Austin Film Critics Association December 18, 2025 Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance Oona Chaplin Won [146]
[147]
Stephen Lang Nominated
Zoe Saldaña Nominated
Best Remake/Franchise Film Avatar: Fire and Ash Nominated
Best Visual Effects Won
Black Reel Awards February 16, 2026 Outstanding Voice Performance Zoe Saldaña Pending [148]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 11, 2025 Best Use of Visual Effects Avatar: Fire and Ash Nominated [149]
Costume Designers Guild Awards February 12, 2026 Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Deborah L. Scott Pending [150]
Critics Choice Awards January 4, 2026 Best Visual Effects Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett Pending [151]
Florida Film Critics Circle December 19, 2025 Best Visual Effects Avatar: Fire and Ash Pending [152]
Golden Globe Awards January 11, 2026 Cinematic and Box Office Achievement Pending [153]
Best Original Song "Dream as One" (Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen) Pending
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 19, 2025 Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Simon Franglen Won [154]
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Best Original Song in a Feature Film "Dream as One" (Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen) Nominated
National Board of Review December 3, 2025 Top 10 Films Avatar: Fire and Ash Won[d] [156]
New York Film Critics Online December 15, 2025 Best Ensemble Cast Nominated [157]
[158]
Best Cinematography Russell Carpenter Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society December 15, 2025 Best Sound Design Avatar: Fire and Ash Nominated [159]
[160]
Best Visual Effects Won
Satellite Awards March 8, 2026 Best Motion Picture – Drama Pending [161]
[162]
Best Director James Cameron Pending
Best Original Song "Dream as One" (Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen) Pending
Best Production Design Dylan Cole and Ben Procter Pending
Best Sound Brent Burge, Alexis Feodoroff, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle Pending
Best Visual Effects Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett Pending
Seattle Film Critics Society December 15, 2025 Best Action Choreography Steve Brown, Stuart Thorp, and Garrett Warren Nominated [163]
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Best Visual Effects Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett Won
St. Louis Film Critics Association December 14, 2025 Won [165]
[166]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 7, 2025 Best Motion Capture Performance Oona Chaplin Nominated [167]
[168]
Stephen Lang Nominated
Zoe Saldaña Won
Sigourney Weaver Nominated
Sam Worthington Nominated

Planned sequels

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Avatar: Fire and Ash is the second of four planned sequels to Avatar. Although the last two sequels had been reportedly green-lit, 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."[130] 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".[86] 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.[169][170][171] Cameron has stated that just like Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash "really tell one big story", Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 are also intended to "tell one big story."[105]

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 were being developed but had not been officially green-lit.[172] 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.[92]

In September 2022, at the D23 Expo, Cameron announced that production for Avatar 4 had officially begun.[173] In January 2024, Cameron said that he would not start filming the remainder of Avatar 4 until Fire and Ash is released.[174]

In November 2025, Cameron stated Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 would not happen if Fire and Ash is unsuccessful, and he "will write a book" instead to resolve the "one open thread" the third installment leaves open.[175]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Original Avatar themes by James Horner
  2. ^ Attributed to multiple references:[6][7][8]
  3. ^ Attributed to multiple references:[138][139][140][141][142]
  4. ^ a b Shared with nine other films

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