New Avatar delays mean the series won't end until 2031, 22 years after the first movie

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Avatar 3 has been delayed to 2025, which means we'll be taking our final trip to Pandora in 2031.

Because of Disney's decision to add a new Star Wars and Moana live-action adaption to the release calendar, Avatar and its subsequent sequels have been thrown out of whack. Avatar 3, initially slated for a December 20, 2024 release, has been moved to December 19, 2025. Avatar 4 has shifted from December 18, 2026 to December 21, 2029; and Avatar 5 is now arriving on December 19, 2031.

"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," producer Jon Landau wrote on Twitter. “The team is hard at work and can’t wait to bring audiences back to Pandora in December 2025.”

Avatar: The Way of Water has made $2.2433 billion at the global box office since it was released in December 2022. The only two movies above the sequel in the all-time rankings are the first Avatar movie at $2.9 billion and Avengers: Endgame at $2.7 billion.

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