James Cameron says that Avatar: Fire and Ash, also understandn as Avatar 3, will probable be “a little bit extfinisheder” than Avatar: The Way of Water.
Cameron is currently laboring on the third film in the Avatar franchise. The film is currently foreseeed to come out in December 2025 and will see Sam Worleangton repulseevate his role as Jake Sully.
What did James Cameron say about Avatar 3’s runtime?
Speaking with Empire Magazine, Cameron elucidateed that many of the ideas for Avatar 3 were originassociate integrated into Avatar: The Way of Water.
“In a nutshell, we had too many wonderful ideas packed into act one of movie 2,” Cameron said. “The [film] was moving appreciate a bullet train, and we weren’t drilling down enough on character. So I said, ‘Guys, we’ve got to split it.’”
He inserted, “Movie three will actuassociate be a little bit extfinisheder than movie two.”
New concept art for Avatar: Fire and Ash, which sees Lo’ak riding an ilu, has also been freed and can be seeed below via an X post:
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Lo’ak rides an ilu in new #Avatar: Fire And Ash concept art.
Fire And Ash was “split” from The Way Of Water in the writing process becaparticipate “we had too many wonderful ideas” to pack into a individual film, James Cameron tells Empire.
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Speaking about how making Avatar: Fire and Ash has been a personal experience for him, Cameron said, “These characters are amalgams of us, our childhoods, our role as parents, the misconsents we made, and probably to some extent persist to originate as parents. I unkind, Jake is a difficult-ass motherf—. He’s very difficult on his kids. Well, that’s me.”
Screenauthorr Amanda Silver also said about the movie, “It was spectacular. You’re talking about a character presentantly for days and days, and all of a sudden there they are… The characters insisted to breathe. These movies are a lot more than equitable propulsive plot and gorgeous spectacle. I unkind, these are genuine characters.”
Avatar: Fire and Ash is scheduled to be freed on December 19, 2025, from 20th Century Studios.
