Director James Cameron says he knows not all fans of the beloved "Avatar" franchise are going to love his next film, "Avatar: Fire and Ash." The third installment in the "Avatar" franchise is scheduled to be released on Dec.

After Avatar revolutionised 3D cinema in 2009 and its sequel, The Way of Water, blew away box office expectations 13 years later, James Cameron is raising the stakes once again with another bladder-testing outing for Jake Sully and the Na'vi in Fire and Ash.

The return to Pandora will not take long, director James Cameron assured, teasing that progress on his threequel is 'ahead of the curve.'

Avatar 3 has a lot to prove thanks to how high its predecessors set the bar and the new promises that director James Cameron has made, and the latest update on the production seems to indicate that the production takes all that in stride now.

Avatar: Fire and Ash director James Cameron has opened up more about the film’s story, explaining how it will be different from other Hollywood blockbusters. Speaking with Empire (via Collider), the filmmaker revealed that Fire and Ash and its forthcoming sequels will not shy away from dealing with grief.

Fire and Ash," the director acknowledges the twists he has planned might make some viewers say, "'Fuck, that's not what I signed up for.'"

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James Cameron is already building hype for the third 'Avatar' film, 'Fire and Ash," which arrives in theaters in December.

Acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron has finally revealed the Avatar 3 runtime for 20th Century Studios’ long-awaited threequel to 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water. This comes ahead of the epic sci-fi movie’s theatrical release later this year on December 19.

It's coming to your screens in December. It's going to be long. And it's going to be surprising, according to the Oscar-winning director.