He doesn't know if he'll get a chance to make future sequels due to a somewhat muted response to the most recent one, an
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Avatar: Fire and Ash
carrybuh — 2 months ago(January 11, 2026 10:09 AM)
He doesn't know if he'll get a chance to make future sequels due to a somewhat muted response to the most recent one, and said he would hold a press conference to reveal the plot details of the planned 4th and 5th movie if he doesn't get a chance to make them.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-cameron-avatar-4-press-conference-fire-and-ash-ends-series-1236617740/
James Cameron revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he will hold a press conference to reveal the plot details of “Avatar 4″ and “Avatar 5” if the franchise ends after “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third movie in the franchise that is currently playing in theaters. The Oscar-winning director has been vocal on the “Fire and Ash” press tour that the future of the “Avatar” franchise depends on the third movie being a financial success. Cameron is prepared to end the series if it’s not.
“I don’t know if the saga goes beyond this point. I hope it does,” Cameron told EW. “But, you know, we prove that business case every time we go out… If we don’t get to make 4 and 5, for whatever reason, I’ll hold a press conference and I’ll tell you what we were gonna do. How’s that?”
Cameron said his other option is to novelize his scripts for “Avatar 4” and “Avatar 5,” adding: “There’s so much culture and backstory and lateral detail in these characters that’s been worked out. I’d love to do something that’s at that level of granular detail.”
During an interview with Variety, Cameron said “we’re getting ahead of ourselves” when asked about “Avatar 4” because “we’ve got to make some money with this one. Every time we go out, we have to prove this crazy business case yet again. The world has changed. We all know the stats, where theatrical is. It’s been a bad year. It’s starting to perk up a little bit with a couple of recent releases: ‘Wicked: For Good’ has done well, and ‘Zootopia 2’ is doing well. So, we’ll see.”