Avatar 2: The Way of Water (2022) is the highly-anticipated sequel to James Cameron's revolutionary sci-fi epic Avatar (2009), a film that took the global box office by storm in 2009. But how many Avatar sequels are coming?
Check out the epic new trailer for Avatar 2: The Way of Water below:
While Avatar: The Way of Water is obviously a sequel to Avatar, taking place 10 years later, that doesn't mean that James Cameron wishes for audiences to necessarily think of it as such.
In fact, he has previously hinted that every time a new Avatar film is released, that it will serve as its own entity entirely. In other words, while following on from a predecessor, no less, it would also act independently of it.
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With all of that said, a sequel is a sequel, especially when it sees the return of several characters and follows on chronologically. So how many Avatar sequels are coming?
Well, unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years, you'll probably know that there will be five Avatar movies in total! And each of them already has a theatrical release date...
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Avatar 3 will release on December 20, 2024, Avatar 4 will follow on December 18, 2026, and Avatar 5 on December 22, 2028, respectively. So every two years after Avatar: The Way of Water is released, we'll get a new Avatar sequel.
To many fans, this might seem like over-kill, but on the other hand, fans have been waiting 13 years for Avatar: The Way of Water. And besides, having each subsequent film spread apart by two years is hardly excessive.
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Let's not forget that movies such as Harry Potter and The Hobbit once dominated Christmas every year for several years, while Marvel Cinematic Universe movies show up every few months throughout any given year.
By comparison, the plan for the next four Avatar movies actually seems quite modest. With that said, the fact that three additional sequels are already in production, one of which is "95%" complete, does seem a little presumptuous.
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As per the official 20th Century Studios description, the synopsis for Avatar: The Way of Water is:
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family, the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
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Avatar: The Way of Water stars Sam Worthington (Jake Sully), Zoe Saldana (Neytiri), CCH Pounder (Mo’at), Giovanni Ribisi (Parker Selfridge), Joel David Moore (Dr. Norm Spellman), Dileep Rao (Dr. Max Patel), and Matt Gerald (Corporal Lyle Wainfleet), Sigourney Weaver, and Stephen Lang.
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Newcomers to the Na’vi are Cliff Curtis (Tonowari), Jamie Flatters (Neteyam), Jeremy Irwin (Young Neteyam), Britain Dalton (Lo’ak), Chloe Coleman (Young Lo’ak), Trinity Bliss (Tuktirey), Bailey Bass (Tsireya), Filip Geljo (Aonung), Duane Evans Jr. (Rotxo), and Kate Winslet (Ronal).
Newcomers to the human cast are Jack Champion (Javier “Spider” Socorro), Edie Falco (General Ardmore), Michelle Yeoh (Dr. Karina Mogue), Brendan Cowell (Captain Mick Scoresby), Jemaine Clement (Dr. Ian Garvin), Oona Chaplin (Varang), and Vin Diesel and CJ Jones in undisclosed roles.
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Avatar 2: The Way of Water is scheduled for release in theaters on December 16. It will be released exclusively in theaters, as well as in the following formats - Dolby Cinema, IMAX, and IMAX 3D formats.
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