‘Bawled for 4 Hours’: James Cameron Reveals Spouse’s Emotional Response to Avatar: Fireplace and Ash

Avatar: Fireplace and Ash director James Cameron guarantees to take followers on an emotional journey by way of Pandora within the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster. The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s spouse is amongst these film lovers feeling the threequel’s emotional toll, claiming she “bawled for 4 hours” after watching the newest Avatar entry.

Throughout an interview with Empire, Cameron spoke about his spouse’s response when she watched Fireplace and Ash from begin to end. Based on the Canadian director, his associate was so awed by what she noticed that she struggled to comprise her feelings after seeing the threequel. “My spouse watched the entire thing from finish to finish — she had stored herself away from it, and I wasn’t exhibiting her bits and items as we went alongside. This was December twenty second,” Cameron stated. “She bawled for 4 hours.”

Cameron’s quips about Fireplace and Ash‘s emotional weight and elevated ethical focus seemingly hit dwelling, together with his spouse struggling to get it collectively lengthy after the film’s remaining credit rolled. The wrestle was vital sufficient that Cameron could not get exact suggestions from her. “She stored making an attempt to get her s**t again collectively so she may inform me particular reactions, after which she’d simply tear up and begin crying once more. Lastly, I’m like, ‘Honey, I’ve received to go to mattress. Sorry, we’ll speak about it another time,’” he stated.

Fireplace and Ash, the ultimate Avatar movie set in Pandora earlier than switching to Earth, sees the Sully household, led by Sam Worthington’s Jake Sully and Zoë Saldaña’s Neytiri, dealing with the dying of their eldest son, Neteyam, in The Manner of Water. Cameron insisted that Fireplace and Ash would take a distinct strategy to portraying the aftermath of a tragedy than Hollywood often does, hinting on the Sully clan’s wrestle to just accept Neteyam’s dying and transfer on with their lives. Saldaña additional teased the destiny of the Sully household in Fireplace and Ash, suggesting that they might go their separate methods by the top.

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Hoping to comply with up the record-breaking success of the primary two Avatar movies, Fireplace and Ash welcomes again Worthington and Saldaña alongside Sigourney Weaver (Kiri), Stephen Lang (Colonel Miles Quaritch), Kate Winslet (Ronal) and Britain Dalton (Lo’ak). Fireplace and Ash additionally welcomes a brand new antagonist in Oona Chaplin’s Varang, the chief of the Ash Clan. The threequel has a lot to reside as much as, contemplating Avatar and The Manner of Water are two of the three highest-grossing movies in historical past, making $2.92 billion and $2.32 billion worldwide. Every movie additionally turned an Oscar winner.

Avatar: Fireplace and Ash Hits Theaters in December

Cameron has been placing the ending touches on Fireplace and Ash as post-production ramps up in New Zealand. Not solely does his spouse approve of Fireplace and Ash, however different early reactions to the threequel hail it as the perfect franchise entry.

Fireplace and Ash opens in theaters on Dec. 19.

Supply: Empire

Avatar: Fireplace and Ash

Launch Date

December 19, 2025

Director

James Cameron

Writers

Josh Friedman, James Cameron

Prequel(s)

Avatar, Avatar: The Manner of Water