How to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash in New Zealand
It’s all-out war on Pandora as James Cameron’s epic Avatar: Fire and Ash pulls out all the stops.
We had to wait a while for Avatar: The Way of Water—13 years, in fact. That’s not the case with Avatar: Fire and Ash, which hits cinemas a mere three years after the last flick, with Avatar sequels set to continue until morale improves.
How to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash in New Zealand
Avatar: Fire and Ash is screening in New Zealand cinemas from December 18, 2025.
What is Avatar: Fire and Ash about?
Following on immediately from the events of Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire and Ash sees our big blue boy Jake and his found family of alien cat people continue their guerilla war against the human colonists of the RDA, while encountering a new and more warlike tribe of Na’vi. These are the “Ash People” or Mangkwan clan, who seem to be decidedly more nihilistic than we’ve come to expect. While eeeevil resurrected military murder machine Colonel Quaritch makes common cause with the Ash People, it looks like human foundling Spider is somehow breathing Pandora’s toxic atmosphere—which does not bode well for the future.
Avatar: Fire and Ash cast
Sam Worthington is Jake Sully, marine turned Na’vi freedom fighter; Zoe Saldaña is Neytiri, Jake’s wife; Sigourney Weaver is Kiri; Stephen Lang is Colonel Miles Quaritch, the villain of the piece; Oona Chaplin is Varang, the leader of the volcano-dwelling “Ash People” clan; Cliff Curtis is Tonowari, chief of the reef people; Britain Dalton is Lo’ak; Trinity Jo-Li Bliss is Tuktirey; Jack Champion is Spider; Kate Winslet is Ronal, Tonowari’s wife; Giovanni Ribisi is devious suit Parker Selfridge; Joel David Moore is Dr. Norm Spellman, scientist; Edie Falco is military commander General Frances Ardmore; and Brendan Cowell is Captain Mick Scoresby, asymmetrical space whale hunter.
Avatar: Fire and Ash trailer
Why we’re excited about Avatar: Fire and Ash
Is there another wholly original cinematic sci-fi epic to get excited about right now? James Cameron is one the greatest filmmakers of his generation, and easily the most technically accomplished—anything he does is worth a look. And given he seems committed to making Avatar sequels from now until the end of time, I guess we’ll be looking at Pandora a lot going forward.
