The story of ‘Avatar 5’ will take place on Earth, the producer confirms

Although “The Way of Water” still has a long way to go before it becomes a profitable production for Disney, James Cameron is already thinking about several steps forward in his fantasy and sci-fi franchise. Now, one of the producers of the saga confirms that the story of “Avatar 5” will leave the impressive landscapes of Pandora and take place on Earth.

In an interview for io9 (via Gizmodo), Jon Landau confirmed it ‘avatars 5’ takes place on earth, after being asked if the Grounders had been defeated and left Pandora at the end of the first Disney film in 2009. “I wasn’t going to talk about it, but now I hear Jim has talked about it a bit. In the fifth movie, there’s a section of the story where we go to Earth.”

Landau said that ‘avatars 5’”it will open your eyes” by the fans: “We go there to open people’s eyes, to open Neytiri’s eyes, to what exists on Earth”. The producer didn’t mind and hinted that Zoë Saldaña’s character was still alive at the time, which might seem like an obvious detail being the lead, however Landau wouldn’t reveal that information if it wasn’t truly relevant to the film. plot.

Landau explains it Neytiri would be essential for ‘avatars 5’, so he doesn’t understand why people on Earth are evil and just want to invade Pandora: ‘Earth is not only represented by the RDA [la organización malvada en la película]she said. ‘Just as you are defined by the decisions you make in life, not all human beings are bad. Not all Na’vi are good. And this is the case here on Earth. And we want to expose Neytiri to that.”

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Will ‘Avatar 5’ be released in 2028?

James Cameron has been carrying on some of his work on the franchise since, so far, he has finished recording the third and fourth films, while ‘Avatar 5’ has some reshoots. While the next two installments were set to release in 2024 and 2026, respectively, the fifth could run as far as 2028, if plans continue as they have up until now.

The continuity of the ‘Avatar’ franchise depends entirely on the success of each one at its launch, so for ‘The Way of the Water’ it is essential to get a good number at the box office and it will give the possibility of seeing the third installment. , at the end. However, Landau and Cameron agree that if one doesn’t work, the saga is over and the story would still be complete.

Namely, each ‘Avatar’ film is designed to connect with the rest of the storyline, but they have also been counted so as not to depend on anyone else and to be completely independent of each other: “”We want [el público] say, ‘Wow. Where else could they go? They just showed us all about Pandora,” concluded Landau.