Studios will be returning to Pandora for a third time with Avatar: Fire and Ash, the highly anticipated threequel in the Avatar franchise. The film won't hit theaters for another 11 months, and very few details have been released.

The new issue of Empire features a brand new look at the next Avatar movie – along with a major new James Cameron interview, all part of our Path To Pandora, bringing you fresh Avatar updates across every single Empire issue of 2025.

Avatar: Fire and Ash director James Cameron previews one of the central characters in his anticipated threequel.

Avatar: Fire and Ash director James Cameron reveals more about the nomadic Na'vi tribe known as the Wind Traders. Serving as a follow-up to 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water, the third installment in the hit Avatar franchise will once again follow the Sully family as they deal with the invading human forces on Pandora.

But this time, fans can expect a slight shift in the franchise's familiar moral focus. According to director James Cameron, humans will no longer be the outright bad guys threatening the always peaceful Na'vi.

New images have dropped for the long-awaited sequel to 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water. Avatar creator and director James Cameron will bring audiences back to Pandora at the end of 2025 with the franchise's third installment,