The lush new Avatar: Fire and Ash trailer just dropped today—the movie’s in theaters December 19—but James Cameron is already thinking about what’s next for Pandora. Not just Avatar 4 and beyond; though the films are famously on the cutting edge of motion-capture technology, Cameron would like to dig deeper into their world using a […]
Meet the New Avatar of ‘Avatar: Seven Havens’
Avatar: The Last Airbender is celebrating its 20th anniversary in style, not just in looking to the past, but to the future. Not only are we getting new Avatar movies checking in with familiar faces, we also recently learned that the Avatar cycle will continue in Seven Havens, a brand-new animated entry in the saga… and now […]
The Disneyland Resort Is Trading ‘Monsters Inc.’ for ‘Avatar’
The Disneyland Resort is officially trading one Sully for another. At the D23 Expo last year, Disney confirmed James Cameron’s world of Avatar would be coming to its California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, as well as a new ride based on Pixar’s Coco. What the company didn’t reveal at the time was where the […]
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ is Surfing Back to Theaters
Later this year, James Cameron is taking us all back to Pandora with Avatar: Fire & Ash. To prepare that, and also to make a lot more money, Disney’s bringing The Way of Water back to theaters. The aquatic sequel will get a new theatrical run starting October 3 and wrapping on October 10. At time of writing, […]
VFX Workers for Marvel and Disney Ratify First Union Contract
Two years ago, VFX artists across Marvel, the Avatar franchise, and Disney all seperately voted to form their own unions. With the help of the IATSE, the three worker groups have now “overwhelmingly” voted to ratify contracts which ensure better conditions for staff working on these respective projects. Both contracts—Marvel and Disney fall under one agreement, and Avatar team […]
Avatar: Fire and Ash is Giving Pakayan the Whale a Girlfriend
The upcoming Avatar: Fire & Ash aims to introduce a ton of new stuff while also doubling down on the things people liked about its predecessors. Part of that doubling down will apply to Pakayan, the tulkun (space whale) introduced in Way of Water as an outcast among his people because he killed the humans who killed […]
The Animated Avatar Aang Film Adds a Series Veteran, Steven Yeun
It’s a good time to be a fan of the Avatar franchise, between Nickelodeon’s all-new upcoming animated series Avatar: Seven Havens and Netflix’s (unrelated but adjacent) live-action series returning for a second and third season. The third part of the current Avatar media triangle is Nick’s upcoming trilogy of animated feature films, with the exciting […]
Magic: The Gathering Is Adding Avatar to Its Crossover Collection
Just a few days ago, we got a peek at Magic: The Gathering’s crossover set with the Final Fantasy series. But the card game’s already announced its next collaboration beyond Square Enix’s RPG megafranchise—it’ll also be releasing cards based on Avatar: The Last Airbender later this year. During this weekend’s MagicCon Chicago event, Wizards of the Coast teased the […]