‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ will be the franchise’s longest film yet, James Cameron confirms

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Avatar and its sequel The Way Of Water were long, get ready for Fire and Ash.According to franchise creator and director James Cameron, Fire and Ash will be the longest film in the Avatar trilogy to date, but there’s a good reason why.

For context, the original 2009 Avatar film ran for two hours and 42 minutes, while 2022’s The Way Of Water ran for three hours and 12 minutes.Speaking to Empire Magazine recently, Cameron shared that The Way Of Water had “too many great ideas” that were introduced that required being split into two films.Cameron explained: “In a nutshell, we had too many great ideas packed into act one of [The Way Of Water].

The Way of Water, in retrospect, was moving like a bullet train, and we weren’t drilling down enough on character. So I said, ‘Guys, we’ve got to split it.’ [Fire and Ash] will actually be a little bit longer than [The Way Of Water].”Amanda Silver, a co-writer on both The Way of Water and Fire And Ash added that the films characters will only benefit from having their character arcs develop over two films: “The characters needed to breath.

These movies are a lot more than just propulsive plot and gorgeous spectacle. I mean, these are real characters.”Avatar: Fire and Ash is set for release on December 19.Last month, Cameron seemingly confirmed that the upcoming film will open with an anti-AI disclaimer: “No generative AI was used in the making of this movie”.