"Avatar: Fire and Ash" and "Aliens" have more in common than a shared director and extraterrestrial landscape -- they also use the same classic line.

Writer-director James Cameron explains how much he wanted the loss of Neteyam to play into the events of Avatar: Fire and Ash. "This is a question in commercial filmmaking," he tells Entertainment Weekly.

If you’re someone who doesn’t really care for 3D movies but you get a chance to see Avatar: Fire and Ash in the format (especially if there’s an IMAX option), all I can say is make the plunge. It’s a dazzling, thrilling, and otherworldly experience you won’t soon forget.

Avatar: Fire and Ash' minted $12M in previews, less than 'Avatar: Way of Water's $17M. The Sydney Sweeney movie 'The Housemaid' begins well with $2M+.

Fire and Ash," which just debuted in theaters, is a behemoth. But at this point in the franchise, a behemoth is something we've come to expect. It follows 2022's "Avatar: The Way of Water," which made $2.

Jack Martin of Film Feeder calls the film an “elongated VFX demo reel” and Josh Bell of Tom’s Guide writes, “With a running time of 197 minutes, Fire and Ash is the longest of the three Avatar movies, and it’s easily the most tedious to watch.”

Avatar: Fire and Ash is off to a $43.1M start from two days at the international box office, logging the biggest opening day of 2025 in several markets

Miles Quaritch, played by Stephen Lang, realizes this and sees an opportunity. The enemy of his enemy is also his friend, and, at a certain point in the film, Quaritch makes a bold decision to align himself with Varang. The resulting scene is one of the most memorable in the film, and io9 talked to both the actors about it.

It has been 16 years since director James Cameron introduced the world of Pandora in the stunningly shot “Avatar.” It was an introduction – and a massive metaphor – for what happens when greed becomes such a driving force that the native people,