James Cameron Discusses how ‘Avatar 3' Will Expand the popular Franchise

In an interview with GQ, director James Cameron explained how the third Avatar film will explore more of Pandora’s landscape, as new cultures and creatures will be added to the mix.

So far, Avatar 3 is slated for its release on December 19th, 2025.

You can read his full quote below:

The big [creative] advance in this movie is just going to be greater character depth. 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.