Avatar 4 Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Jun. 17, 2023

Avatar 4

Coming Out: Friday, December 21, 2029 Theaters

Director: James Cameron

Starring: Stephen Lang • Oona Chaplin • Sigourney Weaver • Sam Worthington • Cliff Curtis

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Production Status

Current stage in the film’s journey

Post-Production

Concept

Announced

Development

Pre

Filming

Post

Completed

Shutdown

Filming completed; editing of shot film; music composition and recordings, as well as sound and visual effects being added

April 18, 2019

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: A third Avatar sequel. No plot details have been announced.

Action Fantasy 3D Shot-In-3D

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Avatar 4.

Stephen Lang
... Colonel Quaritch

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar
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Oona Chaplin
Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar: The Way of Water
Sigourney Weaver
The Gorge, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Sam Worthington
... Jake Sully

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Cliff Curtis
... Tonowari

Meg 2: The Trench, Avatar: Fire and Ash
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CCH Pounder
Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Naked Gun
Zoe Saldana
Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar
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Joel David Moore
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Matt Gerald
... Corporal Lyle Wainfleet

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Jamie Flatters
... Neteyam

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Jack Champion
... Javier 'Spider' Socorro

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar: The Way of Water
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Britain Dalton
... Lo'ak Sully

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar: The Way of Water

Crew Behind the Film

The Avatar 4 behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director James Cameron last directed The Abyss and Avatar: The Way of Water. The film's writer Shane Salerno last wrote Savages and The Mechanic.

Director: James Cameron
Screenwriters: Shane Salerno
James Cameron

Studios: 20th Century Studios
Production Company: 20th Century Studios; Lightstorm Entertainment

Production Details

What we know about the Avatar 4 movie production.

Key Facts

Chatting with Entertainment Weekly, James Cameron has given a new update on the state of Avatar 2, Avatar 3 and Avatar 4: "I'm in the process of doing another pass through all three scripts right now. Just refining. That's in parallel with the design process. The design processors very mature at this point. We've been designing for about a year and a half. All the characters, settings and creatures are all pretty much [set]. (EW, 12/2015)
Lightstorm Entertainment will work once again with Joe Letteri and his team at WETA Digital on the three films.
20th Century Fox will make three Avatar sequels. The three pictures will be filmed simultaneously with production beginning in 2013. The release of the first sequel will be in December 2016, with the second to follow in December 2017, and the third a year later (Deadline.com, 8/1/13).

Production Updates for Avatar 4

Apr 2019

Post-Production

Changed Avatar 4 movie production status. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Apr 2017

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Shooting commenced April 2017 on four concurrent Avatar sequels.

Dec 2015

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. James Cameron has plans to make three sequels back to back - lots of pre-production work needed.

Aug 2013

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Shane Salerno has been hired to co-pen the script with James Cameron.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Release Dates

When is the film coming out?

Avatar 4 is coming out to nationwide movie theaters on Friday, December 21, 2029.

Movie Theaters

2029-12-21 Theaters

United States

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Follow the Updates

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Changed the US film release date from December 18, 2026 to December 21, 2029

Set film release to Nationwide

Changed the US film release date from December 19, 2025 to December 18, 2026

Set film release to Nationwide

Changed the US film release date from December 20, 2024 to December 19, 2025

Set film release to Nationwide

Added Michelle Yeoh as Dr. Karina Mogue to movie credits

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