James Cameron Provides a Production Update and Avatar 3 Runtime

The long-awaited threequel to 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water from 20th Century Studios has now been announced by acclaimed director James Cameron. This is in advance of the big sci-fi film’s December 19 theatrical premiere later this year.

How long is the Avatar 3 runtime?

Cameron recently stated in an interview that Avatar: Fire and Ash will be the same length as the 2022 follow-up, which lasted three hours and twelve minutes. Furthermore, the Oscar-winning filmmaker provided a fresh, upbeat report on the third installment’s production status, stating that the threequel’s development has gone considerably more smoothly than The Way of Water’s.

“It’s in strong shape, I think. We’ve doubled the number of shots finished at this stage of the game than we had on movie two [and] the films are about equal length,” he explained (via Empire). “So that puts us well ahead of the curve, which is something I’ve never, frankly, experienced before.” The process is, he laughs, “a little bit less nightmarish. We’re getting to the point where we’re actually getting good at this.” Frankly, we’d say he was already pretty good.”

Cameron, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, is directing Avatar: Fire and Ash once more. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion, Bailey Bass, Edie Falco, and others are among the ensemble cast members who are returning.

Cameron previously explained that “different cultures from those I have already shown. The fire will be represented by the ‘Ash People.’ I want to show the Na’vi from another angle because, so far, I have only shown their good sides.”