There was a time when a movie making $1.4 billion worldwide would be treated like an unquestioned victory lap. Parade, confetti, maybe a theme park ride or two. With Avatar: Fire and Ash, the reaction has been a little more complicated. Yes, it made a massive amount of money. No, it didn’t hit the same towering heights as the earlier films. And now, instead of a straightforward “what’s next,” Disney and James Cameron are taking a moment to reassess what the future of Pandora actually looks like.
According to reporting from The Wrap, even Cameron has acknowledged that the next steps aren’t locked in, noting that a continuation is “likely but not 100%.” Behind the scenes, there are already conversations about how to make future entries shorter, more cost-effective, and a bit less risky to produce.
