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Avatar 4 and 5 Move Into Active Planning, Producer Says

Producers cite active planning to streamline technology, aiming to rein in costs.

Overview

  • Producer Rae Sanchini said the team is “full speed ahead,” with budgeting, scheduling, and a new production pipeline now in motion.
  • Release targets list Avatar 4 for 2029 and Avatar 5 for 2031, which she described as tentative.
  • She said Lightstorm will shift its visual-effects workflow to more widely used technology to cut costs and make staffing easier.
  • James Cameron previously said he shot time-jump scenes for Avatar 4 and would film the rest after the third film’s release.
  • The renewed planning follows Fire and Ash’s roughly $1.488 billion global run, which trade reports described as barely profitable compared with earlier entries.