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'''''Avatar: Fire and Ash''''' is an upcoming American [[epic film|epic]] [[science fiction film|science fiction]] [[adventure film]] co-produced, co-edited, and directed by [[James Cameron]], who co-wrote the screenplay with [[Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver]] from a story the trio wrote with [[Josh Friedman]] and [[Shane Salerno]].<ref name="ReleaseDec2021">{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=April 22, 2017 |title='Avatar' Sequel Release Dates Set, Starting in December 2020 |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/avatar-sequel-release-dates-2020-1202392897/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729043559/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/avatar-sequel-release-dates-2020-1202392897/ |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |access-date=July 31, 2017 |work=Variety}}</ref> Produced and distributed by [[20th Century Studios]], it is the sequel to ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'' (2022) and the third installment in the [[Avatar (franchise)|''Avatar'' film series]]. Cast members [[Sam Worthington]], [[Zoe Saldaña]], [[Sigourney Weaver]], [[Stephen Lang]], [[Cliff Curtis]], [[Britain Dalton]], [[Trinity Jo-Li Bliss]], [[Jack Champion]], [[Bailey Bass]], [[Kate Winslet]], [[Joel David Moore]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Giovanni Ribisi]], [[Dileep Rao]], [[Matt Gerald]], [[Edie Falco]], [[Brendan Cowell]], [[Jemaine Clement]], [[Filip Geljo]] and Duane Evans, Jr. reprise their roles from previous films, while [[Oona Chaplin]] and [[David Thewlis]] portray new characters.
Cameron, who had stated in 2006 that he would like to make sequels to ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009) if it was successful, announced the first two sequels in 2010 following the success of the first film, with the then-untitled ''Avatar 3'' aiming for a 2015 release.<ref name="carroll20062">{{cite news |last=Carroll |first=Larry |date=June 29, 2006 |title='Titanic' Mastermind James Cameron's King-Size Comeback: Two Sci-Fi Trilogies |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1535402/06292006/story.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705002024/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1535402/06292006/story.jhtml |archive-date=July 5, 2006 |access-date=October 18, 2006 |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref name="original announcement2">{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Adam |date=January 8, 2010 |title='Avatar' Sequel Confirmed By James Cameron... And Here's What We'd Like To See |publisher=[[MTV]] |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/01/08/avatar-sequel-confirmed-by-james-cameron-and-heres-what-wed-like-to-see/ |url-status=dead |access-date=January 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116070131/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/01/08/avatar-sequel-confirmed-by-james-cameron-and-heres-what-wed-like-to-see/ |archive-date=January 16, 2010}}</ref> However, the addition of two more sequels (four in total), and the development of new technology required to film [[performance capture]] scenes underwater, a feat never accomplished before, led to significant delays to allow the crew more time to work on the writing, pre-production, and visual effects.<ref name="sequels22">{{cite news |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=October 27, 2010 |title=James Cameron's 5-year plan |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/james-cameron-s-5-year-plan-1118026416/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112213444/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118026416 |archive-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> ''Avatar: Fire and Ash'' started shooting [[Back-to-back film production|simultaneously]] with ''Avatar: The Way of Water'' in New Zealand on September 25, 2017; filming completed in late December 2020, after over three years of shooting.
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