Avatar 3 On Track For 2025 Release Date, James Cameron says

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James Cameron has confirmed that Avatar 3 is still coming in 2025.

During a recent press conference (via Variety) the filmmaker confirmed that it’s still on course to meet its release date on December 19, 2025.

“We’re into a very hectic two years of post-production right now,” he confirmed when asked about the upcoming Avatar sequel. “So, it will be Christmas of 2025.”

Disney previously announced that the next three Avatar movies would be pushed back. Avatar 3 is slated for December 19, 2025, followed by Avatar 4 on December 21, 2029, and Avatar 5 on December 19, 2031.

However, the original plan was to release the movies two years apart beginning in 2024. Considering how long it took for Cameron to make Avatar 2, it feels as though pushing back the upcoming sequels was probably a good call.

Cameron previously teased that Avatar 3 will introduce a more antagonistic race of Na’vi to the planet of Pandora, with producer Jon Landau describing them as “an aggressive, volcanic race” with a leader named Varang, played by Game of Thrones star Oona Chaplin.

As well as confirming Avatar 3’s release, Cameron also said that the upcoming sequels will continue to be produced in New Zealand.

“It brings so much into the economy here,” he said. “It brings so much prestige to the country culturally, and it’s an opportunity for so many young people coming up to think of themselves as empowered on the world stage. We can do it here.”

IGN’s Avatar: The Way of Water review gave it 8/10 and said: “Avatar: The Way of Water is a thoughtful, sumptuous return to Pandora, one which fleshes out both the mythology established in the first film and the Sully family’s place therein. It may not be the best sequel James Cameron has ever made (which is a very high bar), but it’s easily the clearest improvement on the film that preceded it.”

Want to read more about Avatar? Check out our first look at Avatar 3 as well as some details from the upcoming Avatar sequel.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.