Even if “Avatar: The Way of Water” opened in theatres in 2022, the long string of “Avatar” delays hasn’t ended yet. The Walt Disney Co. moved the release date of “Avatar 3” from December 2024 to December 2025 on Tuesday.
The timetable for the following anticipated installments is further pushed back.
The new release dates for “Avatar 4” and “Avatar 5” are December 2029 and December 2031, respectively.
If those times are accurate, the “Avatar” movie series will have covered the first four decades of the twenty-first century. James Cameron, who debuted “Avatar” in 2009, has indicated that he might not be directing “Avatar” sequels 4 and 5.
The 68-year-old Cameron would be 77 by December 2031. At the box office, “Avatar” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” have brought in more than USD 5.2 billion.
Producer of “Avatar” Jon Landau stated on Twitter that “each ‘Avatar’ film is an exciting but epic undertaking that takes time to bring to the quality level we as filmmakers strive for and audiences have come to expect.”
Disney changed its plans for several of its most popular brands on Tuesday.
There will be two “Star Wars” films in 2026. From December 2025 to May 2026, one was moved. Added for December 2026 was another. Details on either untitled production have not been disclosed by the studio.
The studio continued to restructure its next plans in its superhero kingdom, Tuesday update to the Marvel calendar.
The biggest change is the move of “Avengers: Kang Dynasty” from May 2025 to May 2026. Jonathan Majors, the actor who has been accused of domestic violence, plays the lead role in that movie, which is a crucial release for Marvel. Majors’ lawyer has refuted the accusations and maintained that he is innocent.
The majority of the Marvel movies are being released a few months later, among other changes. Instead of May 2024, “Captain America: Brave New World” will debut in July 2024, followed by “Thunderbolts” in December 2024, “Blade” in February 2025, and “Fantastic Four” in May 2025.
Another “Alien” movie from Disney’s 20th Century is now scheduled for August of 2019. And one film will premiere sooner than expected: “Deadpool 3” will launch in May 2024 rather than November of this year.
