Everything We Know About James Cameron’s Avatar Sequels

There most certainly is! It was released in May with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. A new one is likely coming in the next few months.

What’s the Next Avatar About?

Here’s Disney’s official wording: “Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.” Cameron himself has explained the saga as almost like The Godfather with multiple generations happening over the course of the story.

Who’s Making the New Avatar Movies?

Cameron himself is directing parts two and three, and was originally going to do four and five too, but in recent weeks, he’s said he might pass that honor off to someone else. The scripts, however, are written by Cameron as well as the writers he hired in 2014: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno.

What Cast Members Are Back for Avatar 2?

Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington return as Neytiri and Jake, the stars of the series. Joel David Moore is back as the scientist Norm. CCH Pounder is back as Neytiri’s mom and Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang return too. But here’s where it gets weird.

Those last two actors played characters that die in the first film. Now, in this film, Weaver is playing a new character, one of Neytiri and Jake’s daughters, while Lang will return as the same character… kind of. He’s a Recombinant, an Avatar clone that holds the memories of a human soldier.

What New Cast Members Are in Avatar 2?

So many. The biggest are Cliff Curtis and Kate Winslet as two members of a new Na’vi tribe, the Metkayina, who are a water based tribe. Edie Falco plays a human leader, Jemaine Clement is another scientist, and Vin Diesel is… someone. We don’t actually know who.

Will They Actually Make All of the Avatar Movies?

There was a point like five or six years after the release of Avatar that maybe it wasn’t sure. But, as of right now, Avatars 2 and 3 are 100% happening. However, if those films are not a success, Cameron has said he might not move ahead with the final two films.

Where Can I Watch the Original Avatar?

The original Avatar is currently on Disney+, so you can watch it there, and is also available on Blu-ray and DVD. But most interestingly, it’s being re-released in theaters September 23 to remind fans all about it.

Is Avatar 2 Streaming?

Avatar: The Way of Water will be playing only in theaters December 16.

Will Avatar Have a Happy Ending?

That seems like a weird question, right? But, it turns out, we know the answer. Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Orlando, Florida, has an Avatar land. And, in the canon of that story, any wars between humans and Na’vis are over and now humans and Na’vi exist in peace. So, yes, this story will have a happy ending, whenever it does actually end.

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