AvatardirectorJames Cameronhas offered further details of the next installment in the multi-billion-dollar franchise,Avatar 3, revealing that the sequel will introduce not one, but two new tribes of Na’vi. DiscussingAvatar 3withDeadline, Cameron revealed that, not only will the next installment introduce the fire-loving Ash People, but another mysterious tribe as well, as the franchise begins to open up the world of Pandora more than ever before.
“Fire has a symbolic purpose in the film and there’s a culture that is specifically around that concept. That’s probably saying too much as we speak. You’re going to meet two completely new cultures in the next film. We met the Omaticaya, we met the Metkayina, and you’re going to meet two new cultures in the next film, and it kind of roves a little more freely around the world of Pandora to different places.”
So far, audiences have spent time with both the forest tribe, the Omaticaya, and now the water tribe, the Metkayina. With a fire tribe next in line, and using some simple logic, we can no doubt safely assume that this fourth, mysterious new tribe, will be air-dwelling. Meaning thatAvatar 3could be taking audiences high up into the Pandoran mountains.
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Avatar 3 Will Explore the Evil Side of the Na’vi with the Ash People
While details ofAvatar 3are being kept largely under wraps at present, Cameron has offered some insight into what the threequel will involve. AfterAvatar: The Way of Waterintroduced the water-based tribe, the Metkayina,Avatar 3will expand upon the world of Pandora by bringing the fire-based Ash People into the fray. With the Ash Peopleset to take over the antagonist role from the humans.
“I want to reveal the Na’vi from another angle because [so far] I have only shown their good sides,” Cameron revealed. “In the early films, there are very negative human examples and very positive Na’vi examples. In ‘Avatar 3,’ we’ll do the reverse.”
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film,Avatar: The Way of Watertells 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. Directed by James Cameron,Avatar: The Way of Waterstars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, and Matt Gerald, each of whom will reprise their roles from the original movie, with Sigourney Weaver returning as a new character. New cast members include Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, and Brendan Cowell.
Avatar: The Way of Wateris now in theaters, with three more sequels scheduled.Avatar 3meanwhile is currently due for release on June 15, 2025, with further installments scheduled for June 08, 2025, and June 06, 2025.
