"Avatar: Fire and Ashes" official trailer and poster released

The official trailer and poster for "Avatar: Fire and Ashes," the third and latest film in the "Avatar" series directed by James Cameron (to be released in Japan and the US simultaneously on December 19th), have just been released. The visuals hint at a fierce battle with the series' first villain, who can control fire. Five new stills have also been released.

This is the third film in the series, following "Avatar" (2009) and "Avatar: Way of Water" (2022). The series is set in the year 2154, when Earth is on the brink of destruction. Humanity's last hope for survival is the mysterious planet Pandora. In order to mine valuable mineral resources, humanity develops "avatars," bodies that combine the DNA of the indigenous Na'vi and humans. Jake (Sam Worthington), a former Marine who lost hope in life after injuring both legs in battle, becomes an avatar and comes into contact with the Na'vi. Resonating with their way of life, Jake falls in love with a Na'vi woman, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), and regains his will to live.

Jake and Neytiri have built a family and are living peacefully with their children, including Kili (Sigourney Weaver) and their son Roak (Britten Dalton). However, when humans led by Quaritch (Stephen Lang) appear on Pandora, they are driven out of the sacred forest. Jake and his friends join forces with the "Sea Tribe" they encounter there, and despite great sacrifices, they succeed in repelling the humans.

The latest film also features familiar characters, including Tonowari (Cliff Curtis), the tribal leader of the sea tribe "Metocaina" who stood up against human invasion alongside Jake and the others, his wife Ronal (Kate Winslet), Tsireya (Bailey Bass), who shares a heart with Roak, and the giant sea creature Turkun. Additionally, the film makes its first appearance as leader of the "Ash tribe," Valan (Oona Chaplin), who, unlike the "Forest People" and "Sea People" who have coexisted with nature, has developed a deep hatred for nature after being betrayed by it.

The trailer includes scenes that hint at the fierce clash between various forces, such as the reason why Varan, the leader of the Ash tribe, the "People of Ash" who will face off against the main character Jake, is angry at Pandora, and the scene where the Sky People's balloon is engulfed in flames due to their attack.

The film is packed with more exciting action scenes than ever before, including an aerial battle in which the Omaticaya tribe, a forest people led by Jake and his friends, fly into enemy territory with Ikran, a battle against fire used by the Ash tribe, and finally a scene in which humanity attacks in huge numbers with the latest fighter jets.

The video also shows Spider (Jack Champion), the Sully family's adopted son who lives on Pandora, where humans are supposed to be unable to survive without masks, moving around without his mask. The fact that Spider can breathe on Pandora means that humans could invade Pandora all at once, and there is a scene where Jake sadly tells Neytiri, "If humans could live without masks...the Na'vi would be wiped out."

The trailer shows fierce battles unfolding across magnificent natural backdrops, including the sky, forests, seas, and volcanoes, and the Sully family's bonds being tested more than ever before.Director Cameron says the film will be an epic story that will "defy expectations," and the footage is sure to raise expectations for the heart-wrenching plot and large-scale action.