PHOTOS: James Cameron Shares a First Look at the Ash Clan From ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
The long-awaited third installment in James Cameron’s Avatar franchise is set to arrive this year when Avatar: Fire and Ash hits theaters on December 19, 2025.
The highly-anticipated sequel to 2023’s Avatar: The Way of Water will transport audiences back to Pandora, where they will reunite with Jake Sully, Neytiri, and Kiri.
This time around, Cameron is set to introduce a new tribe of Na’vi called the Ash Clan. Unlike the largely friendly Na’vi that audiences have met in the past, the Ash Clan has a dark side.
“You’ll see a lot more Pandora that you never saw before,” Cameron said at last year’s D23: The Ultimate Fan Event. “It’s an insane adventure and a feast for the eyes, but it’s also got very high emotional stakes, more than ever before. We’re going into really challenging territory for all the characters you know and love.”
Introducing Varang
In the latest issue of Empire, Cameron shared a first look at the Ash Clan and their fearsome leader, Varang.
“Varang is the leader of a people who have gone through an incredible hardship. She’s hardened by that. She will do anything for them, even things that we would consider to be evil,” Cameron explained to Empire.


Photo: Empire
“One thing we wanted to do in this film is not be black-and-white simplistic. We’re trying to evolve beyond the ‘all humans are bad, all Na’vi are good’ paradigm.”
Meet the Wind Traders
Also debuting in Avatar: Fire and Ash will be the Wind Traders, Na’vi who travel on giant creatures to soar through the skies.


Photo: Empire
“They’re nomadic traders, equivalent to the camel caravans of the Spice Road back in the Middle Ages,” Cameron explains. “And you know, they’re just fun. Like all Na’vi, they live in a symbiosis with their creatures.”
Avatar: Fire and Ash will hit theaters on December 19, 2025.
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