It looks like we may finally know the titles of the Avatar sequels that James Cameron has been working on. Avatar was initially released in 2009 and, surprisingly, it remains far and away the highest-grossing movie ever made. It took much longer than Fox probably would have liked to getAvatar 2(as well as 3, 4 and 5) up and running, but the saga is well on its way to a theatrical continuation and, according to a new report, Cameron won’t be content to put a number in the title and call it good.
According to a new report, in order, the sequels will be titled: Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: The Seed Bearer, Avatar: The Tulkun Rider and Avatar: The Quest for Eywa. A couple of these titles remain mysterious. However, a couple of them make a good deal of sense, based onwhat we already know about James Cameron’s plans. In the past, the filmmaker has saidAvatar 2andAvatar 3will both feature a ton of water work and will explore the oceans ofPandora.The Way of Waterseems to speak to that.
Kate Winslet, who previously worked with the filmmaker onTitanic, has boarded the cast of the sequels as “a character who’spart of the Sea People, the reef people.” Could it be thatThe Seed Bearerrelates to her character? As forThe Quest for Eywa, that title may refer to a deity and goddess of the Na’vi, the native inhabitants of Pandora. The one that is really left up to speculation at this point isThe Tulkun Rider. Despite the relative mystery behind these titles, it’s a relatively significant update.
The report notes that these titles came from official documentation regarding the sequels. Within that documentation, the titles were used both with and without Avatar in front of them. Shortly after the release of the first movie, James Cameron had stated that he didn’t want to just call the sequelAvatar 2, since Sam Worthington’s character was no longer an avatar by the end of the first movie’s events. That’s all good and well, but from Fox’s perspective (and eventually Disney once their merger with Fox is complete), they’re going to want to keep “Avatar” in the title, for the sake of brand recognition.
Avatar grossed a staggering $2.8 billion, which makes it far and away the highest-grossing movie ever. Whether or not the sequels can match that (which is very unlikely) remains to be seen. But even if they all make just a fraction of that amount, they should still prove to be massive hits. Sigourney Weaver recently revealed that they’ve wrapped up filmingAvatar 2and 3, with work already underway onAvatar 4andAvatar 5. For the time being, the sequels are set to arrive on June 08, 2025, June 15, 2025, August 16, 2025, and June 30, 2025. This news was first reported byBBC.
