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.