With advance ticket sales surpassing 400,000, Avatar: Fire and Ash has unveiled three key story points audiences should know before heading into theaters.
#1. Standing at a Crossroads of Choice Amid Family Fractures
A stricter Jake Sully and a shaken Neytiri face an unprecedented family crisis
Cracks begin to form within the once-solid Sully family. After losing their eldest son Neteyam during a battle with the RDA in Avatar: The Way of Water, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) are consumed by profound grief. As Jake becomes increasingly strict in his efforts to protect his family, Neytiri finds even her long-held beliefs beginning to waver, revealing a vulnerability never before seen.
Their conflicting emotions toward the human boy Spider (Jack Champion) following their son’s death, along with the resulting friction with their remaining children, add further depth to the family’s turmoil. As external threats continue unabated and internal fractures deepen, curiosity grows over how the Sully family will overcome this immense crisis and what choice they will ultimately make when faced with a decisive crossroads.
#2. The Greatest Enemy Yet Descends Upon Pandora
Jake Sully’s nemesis Colonel Miles Quaritch joins forces with Varang of the Ash Clan
The series’ most formidable threat makes its entrance. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) has loomed as a relentless adversary pursuing the Sully family throughout Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water. In Avatar: Fire and Ash, he allies himself with Varang (Oona Chaplin), leader of the Ash Clan, tightening the noose around the Sully family.
The Ash Clan, having lost their homeland to volcanic eruptions, comes to despise Eywa and instead worship the fire that took everything from them. Armed with advanced RDA technology through their alliance with Quaritch, they spiral into chaos with the intent of shaking Pandora to its core. Though forged for mutual gain, this alliance emerges as the greatest threat the series has yet faced.
#3. A Human Boy Who Can Breathe on Pandora Without a Mask?
Uncover the secrets and growth of the next generation: Lo’ak, Kiri, Spider, and Tuk
Another major highlight lies in the growth of the Sully children, the next generation destined to protect Pandora, and the revelation of their hidden secrets amid escalating conflict. As the Sully family confronts their darkest hour under a full-scale assault by the RDA and Varang’s forces, they are shaken by a shocking development: Spider, a human boy once unable to survive on Pandora without a mask, can now breathe freely.
This phenomenon becomes yet another looming threat to Pandora, plunging those around him into unexpected reactions of joy or deep concern. Lo’ak (Britain Dalton), burdened by guilt over his brother’s death, and Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), long questioning her origins and mysterious powers, display profound growth as they navigate the crisis. The youngest, Tuk (Trinity Bliss), also promises a standout presence, declaring, “The Sully family never gives up.”
Avatar: Fire and Ash unfolds after the death of Jake and Neytiri’s eldest son Neteyam, as the grieving Sully family faces an even greater danger on a Pandora engulfed in fire and ash with the arrival of the Ash Clan led by Varang. The third installment of the globally successful Avatar franchise, which drew 13.62 million moviegoers in Korea, opens worldwide on December 17.
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