Hearth and Ash Footage Goes From Quiet Magnificence to Violent Rage

When the viewers was handed 3D glasses as we walked into the ultimate presentation at CinemaCon 2025, it may solely imply one factor: we were going back to Pandora. And, certain sufficient, Disney introduced the primary footage ever from Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third movie in James Cameron’s epic fantasy franchise.

Cameron wasn’t there in particular person, however he put the presentation within the succesful arms of Neytiri herself, Zoe Saldaña. The footage started with the water tribe, the Metkayina, as characters swim by means of some type of wreckage (perhaps from the top of the final film?), adopted by scenes of the children like Lo’ak, Kiri, Tsireya hanging about.

“The energy of your ancestors is right here,” Tsireya says to Lo’ak as she touches his chest.

The Wind Merchants present up, and the entire Metkayina are excited. It’s pleasant. Persons are cheering, and a few of the youthful characters like Kiri and even Spider are driving with them. Cameron movies these scenes with an actual love for these folks. These are principally flying pirate ships with sails made up of virtually translucent materials. Members of the tribe bark out orders across the ship such as you’d see in an outdated pirate film however the ships simply preserve gliding alongside. That is peaceable. That is lovely. That is good.

The ships slowly float by means of the mountains with another Na’vi, like Neytiri, driving alongside on her Ikran. Spider playfully dangles his foot off the facet. Once more, every part is quiet and calm. However not for lengthy. Neytiri spots one thing watching them from the sky and screams for Jake. It’s the Ash tribe they usually have a way more menacing presence than the Na’vi folks we all know, thanks largely to the brilliant purple battle paint they put on and the sparks coming off the again of their Ikrans.

The Ash tribe swoops down and assaults our heroes in an enormous midair battle. Jake fires his gun. Neytiri fires her bow and arrow. However the Ash tribe shoots arrows with hearth, which begin to burn down the Wind tribe’s ships.

We see Jake seemingly trekking throughout Pandora by himself, strolling by huge volcanoes and finally arriving at what seems just like the gate of the Ash tribe together with his arms within the air, giving himself up. He and Neytiri are having issues with Lo’ak and inform him, “You possibly can’t reside in hate!” They hug him.

Tonowari, chief of the water tribe, says that they’ll’t defeat enemies that come from the celebs. We then see the Ash tribe seemingly teaming up with Quaritch and the remainder of the human military.

Neytiri is within the hospital and screams for her youngsters. A raid is occurring. There’s a fast shot of the attention of a Tulkun. Issues finish with an enormous battle that’s taking place on what seems like floating rocks. They appear to be in the midst of some type of floating wreckage from a battle that’s nonetheless taking place. Neytiri and the chief of the Ash tribe, who we’ve seen all through the trailer, are combating however Neytiri’s snarls come up towards her flame thrower kind weapon. “Your goddess has no dominion right here,” the Ash girl says, confirming they don’t consider in Ewa. And that’s the top.

So you’ve the serenity of the Wind tribe, the kinetic power of the Ash tribe and within the center, the water folks, which now consists of the Sully household. Now we have a sense not everybody goes to make it out alive.

Avatar: Hearth and Ash opens December 19, and Cameron remains to be engaged on it.

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