Filmmaker James Cameron recently revealed to Empire magazine that the upcoming third installment in his Avatar franchise will actually be longer than 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water, which ran three hours and 12 minutes long.

Better make it a large popcorn, because James Cameron’s next “Avatar” film, “Fire and Ash,” will be even longer than 2022’s “The Way of Water,” which clocked in at three hours and 12 minutes. In a recent sitdown with Empire,

Fans of the Avatar series will need to settle in for a big adventure when Avatar: Fire and Ash arrives in theaters on December 19, 2025. Director James Cameron recently shared that this third film will stretch even longer than Avatar: The Way of Water,

Avatar: Fire and Ash will continue the saga that writer and director James Cameron began in 2009 with Avatar. But according to Cameron, the third film in the franchise was an unexpected chapter in his initial plan for three sequels.