Avatar Sequel Details Revealed, Avatar 5 To Be Partially Set on Earth

Avatar: The Way of Water continues to cruise up the all-time theatrical leader board, with a $2.13 billion current gross that puts it as the #4 highest-grossing film of all time. Meanwhile, the rest of director James Cameron’s epic sci-fi series has all been carefully mapped out—he’s already shot the entirety of Avatar 3 and most of Avatar 4, leaving only Avatar 5, intended to close the series. As of now, the films are scheduled for a two-year cycle, with Avatar 3 hitting theaters on Dec. 20, 2024, and subsequent sequels on Dec. 18, 2026 and Dec. 22, 2028.
Details have been fairly mum on those sequels, but in an interview with Empire, series producer Jon Landau lets some pretty significant stuff slip. For one, he solidified that Avatar 3 will indeed introduce a group of “Fire Na’vi” officially known as the Ash People, described as “an aggressive, volcanic race” of the more familiar blue-skinned aliens. Their leader is Varang, played by actress Oona Chaplin, best known as Robb Stark’s ill-fated wife Talisa on Game of Thrones. Fun fact: Chaplin is the granddaughter of silent film icon Charlie Chaplin. Other newcomers to the series in Avatar 3 will reportedly include David Thewlis and Michelle Yeoh.