Avatar: Fire and Ash will definitely be one of the highest-earning movies of the year, and it's likely that it will also be another critically acclaimed entry in James Cameron's ambitious franchise. Even though 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water took 13 years to be released, Cameron's franchise returned to cinemas like it never left. Throughout its theatrical run, The Way of Water made an astonishing $2.3 billion at the worldwide box office (via Box Office Mojo), becoming the third highest-grossing movie ever. Additionally, just like the first movie, The Way of Water was also nominated for Best Picture. 2c4t5a

Avatar: Fire and Ash is already set to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, following up on The Way of Water in 2022 with a story that will hopefully be just as engaging as the previous outing, but with a potential change in who the series' main character will be. While Fire and Ash's returning cast could lead to the assumption that the franchise will continue with Jake Sully as the central focus of the story, it is very possible that his role could be reduced in favor of Avatar's best character.

Avatar: Fire and Ash is set to introduce a new clan of Na'vi to James Cameron's franchise, and new reports from the film seem to suggest that it may also be replacing its main character.Everything known about Fire and Ash suggests that the film will follow up on the events of Avatar: The Way of Water with Jake Sully and his family, but will also reveal a new, darker side of the Na'vi. This fresh skew now seems to be setting up for a new lead to take over the story in its subsequent installments.

Avatar: Fire and Ash gets its first official image, revealing Neytiri looking more fierce than ever in James Cameron's sequel. After the massive success of Avatar: The Way of Water in 2022, Cameron's hit sci-fi franchise is set to return later this year with a third installment of a planned five. The Avatar: Fire and Ash story will continue the saga of Sam Worthington's Jake Sully and Zoe Saldaña's Neytiri after the death of their son, Neteyam, following the couple and their children as they contend with the RDA and a violent new Na'vi tribe known as the Ash People.

Two new omnibuses are coming to the Avatar universe. 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water revived the franchise for the first time since the original 2009 James Cameron epic. The second big-screen sequel, Avatar: Fire and Ash, won't be releasing until December 2025, but fans wanting more need not wait for the movie to come out. Dedicated followers of the canon can look to the comic medium for more Avatar.

Warning: SPOILERS for Avatar: The Way of Water.

Avatar: The Way of Water reintroduced Stephen Lang's Colonel Miles Quaritch as the villain of the franchise by reviving him as a Na'Vi clone. This begins a bold new journey for him as he continues to wage war against Jake Sully and the rest of the Na'Vi in the Avatar franchise. However, Avatar: Fire and Ashwill introduce another tribe of Na'Vi to serve as new antagonists: the Mangkwan Clan (or "Ash People").

The first footage from Avatar: Fire and Ash has been revealed at CinemaCon. The third installment of James Cameron's popular science-fiction franchise continues the story of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and their family as they encounter new clans on the planet of Pandora. This time, however, they'll be interacting with a new nation of fire-based Na'vi, alongside nomadic wind traders. Avatar: Fire and Ash's release is scheduled for December 19, 2025, with the sequel expected to give the franchise another lucrative theatrical run.

Avatar: Fire and Ash will ensure that a James Cameron box office record becomes even more impressive. From Titanic to Avatar, James Cameron's movies are known for dominating at the box office. As the first movie to make more than $1 billion worldwide, Titanic became the highest-grossing movie of all time, and held onto this impressive record for 12 years. It was not dethroned until Cameron's first Avatar movie was released, and the visually stunning science-fiction epic still holds the top spot 16 years later.

Avatar director James Cameron reveals that Jake Sully is partially based on himself. Released in 2009, the sci-fi fantasy film remains not just Cameron's most successful film ever, but the highest-grossing movie of all time. Avatar stars Sam Worthington in the lead role of Jake, a paraplegic marine dispatched on a mission to colonize the alien moon of Pandora who becomes torn between following orders and defending the people and culture he comes to love. Worthington returns as Jake to lead the cast of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Cameron's hit sequel.