Avatar: Fire and Ash will continue the saga that writer and director James Cameron began in 2009 with Avatar. But according to Cameron, the third film in the franchise was an unexpected chapter in his initial plan for three sequels.

Filmmaker James Cameron recently revealed to Empire magazine that the upcoming third installment in his Avatar franchise will actually be longer than 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water, which ran three hours and 12 minutes long.

Director and co-writer James Cameron and co. have been hyping up the third installment in the high-grossing science fiction series. Nevertheless, they’ve been careful not to divulge too much. What Cameron did just reveal,

Cameron’s own wife, Suzy Amis Cameron, saw a version of the film from late last year, and – per her filmmaker husband – was completely overwhelmed with emotion. “My wife watched the whole thing from end to end — she had kept herself away from it and I wasn’t showing her bits and pieces as we went along.

James Cameron ’s vision for the Avatar sequels was always massive, but even he didn’t anticipate just how much story his writers’ room would come up with. Originally, the plan was to follow up the 2009 blockbuster with three sequels,

Better make it a large popcorn, because James Cameron’s next “Avatar” film, “Fire and Ash,” will be even longer than 2022’s “The Way of Water,” which clocked in at three hours and 12 minutes. In a recent sitdown with Empire,

Fire and Ash” will be longer than its predecessors, “Avatar” and “Avatar: The Way of Water,” due to having “too many great ideas.” ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ to be Longer than ‘Avatar’ and ‘The Way of Water’ Per Empire,

Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third installment of James Cameron’s box office-shattering fantasy franchise, is not for the weak of bladder. The veteran director intends to take audiences on an extended cinematic journey that exceeds the butt-numbing runtime of 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water.

The Way of Water's lengthy 3 hours 12 minutes runtime, James Cameron has confirmed that Fire and Ash will be even longer.

Fans of the Avatar series will need to settle in for a big adventure when Avatar: Fire and Ash arrives in theaters on December 19, 2025. Director James Cameron recently shared that this third film will stretch even longer than Avatar: The Way of Water,