Avatar: Fire and ash made its debut in recent weeks, renewing the glories of a record-breaking saga (even if, in Italy, closely followed this time by the success monster of Checco Zalone’s latest). Fans of the science fiction-environmental franchise of James Cameron have also shown that they appreciate this new chapter, in some ways darker and more violent, and curiosity immediately turns to its future: they will also be done Avatar 4 e Avatar 5? In fact, we have known for some time that Cameron’s original plans included five films to bring this story to a conclusion, and 20th Century/Disney has currently blocked two slots: in December 2029 for the release of the fourth film and in December 2031 for the fifth. The filmmaker has also said several times that he has practically completed the screenplays and some scenes of the fourth have already been shot, taking advantage of the work on the previous chapters. At the moment, however, the watchword seems to be caution.
During the promotional tour of Avatar: Fire and ashin fact, Cameron himself has repeatedly reiterated that want to proceed gradually and that the actual production of the next films will be conditioned by the success of this third chapter: “We’re running too fast, we need to make money on this first”, he responded to a question about Avatar 4: “The world has changed. We know all the data, what the cinema is like. It has been a difficult year, even if there have been recent openings: Wicked: For Good he did well, and Zootropolis 2 he’s doing well. We will seeThere is probably a bit of superstition in these speeches, but it is true that the entire project of Avatar it’s ambitious and very expensive and you have to understand if there are especially economic conditions to continue. Cameron has already thought about the alternatives: if he doesn’t proceed with other films, he could keep one press conference in which he tells how the plot would have ended, otherwise he is thinking of a publication in novel form.
In one way or another, therefore, fans of the events of the Na’vi aliens on the planet Pandora they will get to know the epilogue. It must be said that the chances of this happening on the big screen are rather high: despite a lower debut than the second film, Fire and Ashes has currently grossed 217.7 million dollars in the United States and Canada and 542.7 million in the rest of the world, for a total of 760.4 million dollars against a production and promotion budget of over 400 million. The prospects therefore seem good, also because of the precedent The waterways has exceeded 2 billion dollars in takings after a very long life in theaters. Chances are Avatar: Fire and ash it will do less, but however, enough to guarantee the continuation of the saga. However, we will only have official certainty in a few months.
