Will James Cameron actually be able to direct the final two Avatar films? When Avatar: Fire and Ash is released on the 2025 movie schedule on December 19, it will be 16 years since the original Avatar debuted and became the highest-grossing movie ever made.

In an interview with Empire magazine, published on Monday, James Cameron, the writer, director and creator of the Avatar films, revealed his plans for that world, which included him saying that he told Disney he wants to make more Avatar stories using animation .

It has been sixteen years since James Cameron released his first Avatar film. This year, the third movie in the franchise, Avatar: Fire and Ash , will be released amid the holiday season, and it will mark the third of five films that will encapsulate the full story Cameron set out to tell.