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Stephen Lang, who played Norman Nordstrom, aka the Blind Man, in Don't Breathe and its sequel, offers a hopeful update on the movie series' future. While rumors have circulated about a third movie, Don't Breathe 3 remains unconfirmed. After starring in the 2021 horror action, Lang can be seen in the new thriller, Barron's Cove, alongside Tramell Tillman, Garrett Hedlund, Brittany Snow, and more. He's also expected to reprise his role as the main antagonist, Colonel Miles Quaritch,in the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash.

In an interview with ScreenRant's Grant Hermanns on Barron's Cove, coming to select theaters and VOD on June 6, Lang offered an update on a potential third movie. The actor revealed that "there's a concept," and though there has been some "backward progress" in the development, there has been "some minimal progress" in the last few months. He further clarified that they wanted the third movie to...

In Avatar: The Way of Water, we met Jake Sully and Neytiri's children for the first time. However, tragedy struck when their oldest child, Neteyam, was killed while battling the Rda.

That will put the franchise's leads on a revenge mission, and filmmaker James Cameron has previously suggested their quest is what eventually brings Neytiri to Earth (a plot development we expect to see play out in the planned fourth instalment). What of the remaining kids, though?

Britain Dalton, who plays Lo'ak, recently spoke to Empire (via SFFGazette.com) and revealed where we find his middle sibling when Avatar: Fire and Ash begins. "[Lo'ak] was born to be a leader. But he’s never been given the trust," he teased. "When Neteyam dies...that’s no way that he ever imagined being finally able to be seen. He blames himself."

Tuk actor Trinity Bliss added, "I don’t think she’ll ever be the same.

This week, we learned that James Cameron, the blockbuster filmmaker behind such hits as Titanic, The Terminator, Aliens, and the Avatar movies, has purchased the rights to make a movie based on Joe Abercrombie's latest grimdark fantasy novel, The Devils. Abercrombie and Cameron will co-write the script for the film together, under Cameron's Lighstorm banner.

"I've loved Joe's writing for years, cherishing each new read, throughout the epic cycle of the First Law books, especially Best Served Cold (Love It!) and the Age of Madness trilogy," Cameron said in a statement. "But the freshness of the world and the characters in The Devils finally got me off my butt to buy one of his books and partner with him to bring it to the screen. I'm looking forward to the writing process with him, though I'm certain this adaptation will practically write itself because Joe writes very visually, almost in scenes,...

Avatar: Fire and Ash plot details reveal how the Sully family has changed following The Way of Water's major death. A sequel to 2009's Avatar, 2022's The Way of Water jumps ahead 16 years and introduces Jake and Neytiri's Na'vi family, including the oldest sibling Neteyam, his reckless younger brother Lo'ak (Britain Dalton), their younger sister Tuk (Trinity Bliss), and the adopted Spider (Jack Champion). During Avatar: The Way of Water's ending, Neteyam is tragically killed during a raid on the Rda, a death that is expected to have significant consequences in the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Talking to Empire, the Avatar cast discussed how Neteyam's death will affect their characters in the upcoming Fire and Ash. Dalton says that his death forces Lo'ak into a leadership role he never expected and leaves him feeling undeserving and guilt-ridden, as he believes he is only finally seen because of his...

When James Cameron brought audiences back to Pandora in Avatar: The Way Of Water, he upped the stakes considerably – giving Jake Sully and Neytiri a whole gaggle of Na’vi children, who had arrived in the time-jump from the first film. There was eldest sibling Neteyam, his impetuous younger brother Lo’ak, little sister Tuktirey, as well as adoptive sibling Kiri and human stray Spider. And Cameron didn’t hold back – in Way Of Water’s final act, Neteyam was tragically killed in a raid on the Rda, proving nobody is safe in the ongoing Avatar saga.

It’s a loss that will have serious ramifications in this year’s Avatar: Fire And Ash – with the rest of the Sully kids, as well as their parents, dealing with the fallout. In Empire’s latest Path To Pandora dispatch – bringing you monthly updates on Fire And Ash as the December release...

The highly anticipated trailer for Wicked: For Good is right around the corner, and a video teasing its release has offered a first look at the returning cast of the sequel. The official X/Twitter account for the upcoming musical fantasy sequel posted a short teaser announcing that there is only "one short day" to wait for an extended preview of the film. While no exact time was revealed for when it will arrive online, confirmation that the trailer will drop on June 4 will no doubt satisfy fans of last year's bewitching blockbuster adaptation.

The 20-second video features several familiar faces from the first installment of the two-part Wicked film series, and a few of them have had costume upgrades for their second outing. The teaser includes Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero Tigelaar, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman,...

2025 has been a big year so far for British fantasy author Joe Abercrombie. The writer has worked on a range of projects, from penning screenplays for the new season of Netflix anthology series Love, Death and Robots, to releasing his latest fantasy novel, The Devils.

Abercrombie is currently best known for his Game of Thrones-esque fantasy series The First Law, which made him one of the most popular voices in the genre. One of his First Law novels, Best Served Cold, is already being made into a movie starring Rebecca Ferguson (Dune). And now, just a few weeks after it was published, his latest novel The Devils has caught the eye legendary director James Cameron, who plans to co-write a movie script alongside Abercrombie.

The project was announced on Cameron's official Facebook page. "How do I describeThe Devils? A sharply witty horror adventure? An epic battle between good and...

We may still be six months out from the release of James Cameron’s epic sci-fi threequel Avatar: Fire And Ash, but that isn’t stopping the iconic filmmaker from lining up more sure-to-be-box-office-smashing ducks on the horizon. Yesterday, the Terminator creator confirmed via his official social media accounts that after his latest check-in with the Na’vi, his production company Lightstorm will be shifting focus to work on an adaptation of Joe Abercrombie’s dark fantasy tome The Devils. And, what’s more, Cameron himself will co-write the movie with the book's author.

Released just last month, The Devils — a sort-of fantastical riff on The Dirty Dozen that sees literal demons band together to avert an impending apocalypse — is the latest book from Abercrombie, whose past bestselling works include the First Law cycle. Cameron is, as his announcement of The Devils’ acquisition attests, a massive fan. "How do I describe The Devils?...

James Cameron is stepping away from the vibrant world of Pandora for his next big project. The acclaimed director, known for blockbusters like ‘Titanic’ and ‘The Terminator’, is set to tackle a chilling new venture. He’s adapting ‘The Devils’, a novel by Joe Abercrombie, into a film that promises a grim and thrilling ride. This move comes right after he wraps up ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’, the third chapter in his sci-fi saga.

‘The Devils’ is a dark fantasy tale set in an alternate medieval Europe. It follows a ragtag group of monsters, criminals, and outcasts tasked with saving the continent from flesh-eating elves. Think of it as a gritty, gothic version of ‘Suicide Squad’, blending horror with sharp wit. The story centers on Brother Diaz, a priest expecting a holy mission, only to find himself leading a crew of murderers and magical misfits. Their quest demands brutal choices,...

James Cameron has officially announced his next film project: an adaptation of Joe Abercrombie’s dark fantasy novel The Devils. This marks a departure from his Avatar universe, as he plans to co-write the screenplay with Abercrombie himself.

Cameron is currently working on Avatar: Fire and Ash, which is scheduled for release on December 19, 2025. Cameron, a master at bringing forward-thinking ideas to the big screen, used cutting-edge technology and special effects to create an alien universe while also including a message that resonated with a worldwide audience.

However, after the Avatar movies, he is ready to move on from the world of the blue aliens and focus on The Devils. While it’s confirmed that he will co-write the screenplay, it’s not yet clear whether he will also direct the film.

James Cameron will start working on The Devils soon James Cameron with Sam Worthington in a BTS still...

James Cameron announced that his next film will be a feature adaptation of British author Joe Abercrombie’s dark-fantasy bestseller The Devils, sharing the news on his Lightstorm Facebook page on 2 June.

The filmmaker said he has acquired full screen rights and will co-write the screenplay with Abercrombie after wrapping post-production on Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Published on 6 May, the 560-page novel opened at No. 1 on The Sunday Times list and debuted at No. 5 on The New York Times hardcover chart in its first U.S. week.

Retail data show sustained momentum on Amazon’s preorder charts, where Tor’s first print run quickly sold out.

Gamespot notes that early demand has already triggered a second U.S. printing ahead of the 13 May retail date.

Set in an alternate medieval Europe stalked by carnivorous elves, the story follows a ragtag band of monsters hired to protect humanity, blending gallows humour...

James Cameron will take a break from 'Avatar' to work on an adaptation of 'The Devils'.The 70-year-old filmmaker has confirmed his own production company Lightstorm Entertainment has acquired the rights to author Joe Abercrombie's new novel, and they'll be writing the script together.He said in a statement on Facebook: "I’ve loved Joe’s writing for years, cherishing each new read, throughout the epic cycle of the 'First Law' books, especially 'Best Served Cold' (Love It!), and the 'Age of Madness' trilogy.“But the freshness of the world and the characters in 'The Devils' finally got me off my butt to buy one of his books and partner with him to bring it to the screen."I can’t wait to dig into this as I wind down on 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'. It will be a joyful new challenge for...

James Cameron and his company Lightstorm have just picked up the rights to The Devils, a new book by author Joe Abercrombie. The announcement came on June 2 from Los Angeles. According to the press release, Abercrombie will be working with Cameron to co-write the script.

The Devils hit bookstores on May 6 and quickly became a huge success. It went straight to number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list in the UK and also landed at number five on the New York Times list in the US.

Cameron seems very excited about the project. He said, “How do I describe The Devils? A sharply witty horror adventure? An epic battle between good and evil except most of the time you can’t tell which is which? A twisted, stylish, alt-universe middle-ages romp, where your best hope of survival is the monsters themselves? This is Joe Abercrombie in absolute peak form,...

Following a rather long stint on his Avatar films, James Cameron will be picking up the reins on Joe Abercrombie’s fantasy novel, The Devils.

Although it may seem like James Cameron has been working on his Avatar films and only his Avatar films for many years now, we have seen inklings here or there that the veteran filmmaker may yet be coaxed from the world of Pandora and back into other realms, imaginary or otherwise.

In autumn of last year he announced that he’d secured the rights to Charles Pellegrino’s 2015 book Last Train From Hiroshima, adding that he’d also snapped up the rights to the author’s forthcoming follow-up, Ghosts Of Hiroshima and planned to adapt the novels into an ‘“uncompromising theatrical film.”

Pellegrino’s book covers the devastating effects of the atomic bomb, from its detonation on the 6th August 1945 to the suffering left behind in its wake.

After Avatar: Fire and Ash, James Cameron will venture out of Pandora. The acclaimed filmmaker took to Facebook today to announce that his company, Lightstorm Entertainment, had acquired the rights to Joe Abercrombie's recently released dark fantasy, The Devils. Cameron will co-write a screen adaptation alongside Abercrombie. This marks a significant pivot for Cameron, as the Avatar saga will continue with two more planned sequels following Fire and Ash, which are scheduled for releases in 2029 and 2031.

The Devils will follow Cameron's third anticipated Avatar feature, which will land in theaters in December. According to the dark fantasy novel's description, The Devils follows Brother Diaz, who "has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, and outright monsters. The mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them...

If there's one lesson we've learned over the course of the last 40-odd years of cinema, it's to never bet against James Cameron. There were bets against him when the maverick filmmaker took on the "Titanic," and again when he insisted on building the imaginative and lush alien world of "Avatar" a decade later. In both instances, Cameron's ventures not only succeeded, but made him a king of Hollywood cinema.

"Avatar" is currently two movies deep into a planned five-movie saga, but now it looks like Cameron will be taking a detour after "Avatar: Fire and Ash." As the filmmaker himself announced in a press release via his Facebook page today, Cameron's company, Lightstorm Entertainment, has acquired the rights to author Joe Abercrombie's latest novel, "The Devils." That novel was literally just published on May 13, but it's already built up quite a bit of buzz, even leaving Cameron's interest aside.

James Cameron has announced his next fantasy movie, The Devils, coming after Avatar: Fire and Ash. Initially planned to arrive in 2015, Fire and Ash marks the third installment in the Avatar franchise and has been in the works for some time. The film is currently in post-production and is scheduled to arrive in theaters on December 19. It is one of the most anticipated movies of 2025 and features Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, and Stephen Lang reprising their roles from the previous sequel.

Cameron has now taken to Facebook to announce his new fantasy film, which is based on Joe Abercrombie's novel The Devils. Cameron and his company, Lightstorm, have purchased the rights to the book. The upcoming project will be co-written by the author and the filmmaker. Check out Cameron's comments below:

How do I describe The Devils? A sharply witty horror adventure? An epic battle between good...

James Cameron announced that his company Lightstorm Entertainment has acquired the rights to “The Devils,” a new book by author and screenwriter Joe Abercrombie, for which Cameron will co-write an adaptation for the screen.

The book is a dark fantasy novel that draws from classic horror tropes. It follows a priest on a holy assignment who discovers the mission he serves is filled with murderers, dark magicians, and monsters, meaning that if any of them are to reach God, it will require bloody means. The book just released last month and hit #1 in the UK and #5 on the New York Times Best Sellers List.

“How do I describe ‘The Devils?’ A sharply witty horror adventure? An epic battle between good and evil except most of the time you can’t tell which is which? A twisted, stylish, alt-universe middle-ages romp, where your best hope of survival is the monsters themselves?...

Filmmaker James Cameron took to Fb today to announce that his production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, has acquired rights to author Joe Abercrombie‘s latest novel, The Devils.

Cameron will co-write the feature adaptation with Abercrombie.

As for the plot, the novel follows a special task force of monsters enlisted to save Europe from flesh-eating elves.

The official synopsis reads: “Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds. Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters, and the mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them all in order to achieve its righteous ends.

“Elves lurk at our borders and hunger for our flesh, while greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions and comfort. With a hellish journey before him,...

James Cameron is taking a brief hiatus from Pandora, announcing on Facebook that he’s set to co-write a script based on Joe Abercrombie’s The Devils.

“How do I describe The Devils?” Cameron said. “A sharply witty horror adventure? An epic battle between good and evil except most of the time you can’t tell which is which? A twisted, stylish, alt-universe middle-ages romp, where your best hope of survival is the monsters themselves? This is Joe Abercrombie in absolute peak form, opening up a whole new world and an ensemble of delicious new characters. The twists and turns come at a rollercoaster pace, and with Joe’s signature acerbic wit and style. The Devils showcases Joe’s jaundiced view of human nature, in all its dark, selfish glory, as told through some decidedly un-human characters. But of course, Joe always teases with the flickers of redemption that make...

James Cameron is set to adapt Joe Abercrombie’s bestselling dark epic fantasy “The Devils,” the filmmaker announced on Facebook on Monday.

The adaptation of “The Devils” will be Cameron’s next project after “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” He is set to write the script with Abercrombie.

The novel takes place in an alternate medieval Europe threatened by an imminent elvish invasion … and the elves are hungry for human flesh. The novel was published on May 6 and was an instant No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller in the U.K. It also just entered the New York Times bestseller list at No. 5.

“How do I describe ‘The Devils?’ A sharply witty horror adventure? An epic battle between good and evil except most of the time you can’t tell which is which? A twisted, stylish, alt-universe middle-ages romp, where your best hope of survival is the monsters themselves? This is Joe Abercrombie in absolute peak form,...

James Cameron is ready to take a break from Pandora with an adaptation of best-selling novel The Devils.

The filmmaker announced via Facebook on Monday that his production company Lightstorm Entertainment has acquired rights to author Joe Abercrombie’s novel that debuted last month. Cameron is set to write the script with Abercrombie.

The Devils is a dark fantasy epic centering on a special force of monsters enlisted to save Europe from a scourge of flesh-eating elves.

“I’ve loved Joe’s writing for years, cherishing each new read, throughout the epic cycle of the First Law books, especially Best Served Cold (Love It!), and the Age of Madness trilogy,” Cameron said in a statement. “But the freshness of the world and the characters in The Devils finally got me off my butt to buy one of his books and partner with him to bring it to the screen.”

He continued,...

When it first came out back in 2019, The Mandalorian proved to be among the finer additions to the Star Wars lore, perfectly brought to the screens by Jon Favreau. Led by Pedro Pascal as the titular character, it has earned remarkable praise from fans and critics worldwide. In fact, even James Cameron couldn’t help but praise it.

Yet, while Cameron became one of the people shell-shocked by the cast’s performance, he was actually the most blown away by the one star who rarely gets any credit because Pascal seems to take home all the acclaim, being the face of the main character. This one star was none other than the one in Din Djarin’s suit, Brendan Wayne.

James Cameron was blown away by Brendan Wayne in The Mandalorian Pedro Pascal and Brendan Wayne on the sets of The Mandalorian. | Credits: @therealbrendanwayne / Ig.

While Pedro Pascal has been...

The Mandalorian Season 3 aired its explosive finale more than two years ago, and one of the show’s most underappreciated stars is finally earning some major praise. While Pedro Pascal is widely known among the Star Wars fan base as The Mandalorian, mostly for his voice and for being the one under the mask when Din Djarin removes his helmet, bringing Din to life is a team effort. One of the people tasked with doing so is Brendan Wayne, who is usually the one in the suit even when Pascal is voicing the character.

Even though his voice or face doesn’t come through Din, Wayne brings the Mandalorian bounty hunter to life with his body language and movement, which is arguably just as important, if not more so, than the voice. Wayne has been confirmed to also play Din Djarin in the upcoming Star Wars film, The Mandalorian & Grogu,...

Sigourney Weaver stopped by John Mulaney's late night show "Everybody's Live!" on Wednesday, May 21, and she shared a surprising story from her time on the set of "Aliens." The 1986 sci-fi-action-horror sequel was, of course, the film that cemented Weaver's "Alien" character, Ellen Ripley, as one of the best final girls in the whole horror genre. It was also the movie that showed Weaver just how bizarre director James Cameron could be sometimes.

"If Jim Cameron were to tell me to do something, I would just do it because there's a limit to his sense of humor," Weaver explained. "If he says, 'I want you to do this,' and you go, 'Well, that doesn't look safe. Would I... Are you sure?' I've done that, and it hasn't worked out."

This was an ominous way to start her story, although she told the rest of it in a humorous tone:

"On 'Aliens,...

A recent update on Ridley Scott's latest post-apocalyptic film, The Dog Stars, has revealed its anticipated release date.

Per Variety, Disney confirmed a release date of March 27th, 2026, for the legendary director of Gladiator and Alien's latest post-apocalyptic film. Based on Peter Heller's 2012 novel, The Dog Stars has already begun production in Italy. The film was initially set to star Paul Mescal, who unfortunately had to drop out of the project due to scheduling conflicts. Instead, the film will star Jacob Elordi of Euphoria and Saltburn fame.

The Dog Stars is additionally set to feature performances from Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce, and the recently confirmed Benedict Wong. The film's plot synopsis reads, "Set in Colorado after the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in an airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended.

With Avatar: Fire and Ash coming to cinemas this holiday season, the most recent Avatar installment is on track for a re-release to ramp up anticipation for the threequel. James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water lands a second theatrical run nearly three years after its debut, with fans getting to see the movie in its best format.

Per Collider, The Way of Water returns to theaters on October 3 for a "one-week limited engagement," with the film being shown in IMAX. The sci-fi thriller notched the IMAX screens for that time slot after Lionsgate confirmed the release of its Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, would be delayed until 2026 after initially rumored for an October debut.

Avatar: The Way of Water returns to theatres October 3. pic.twitter.com/uumYBagDU0— Avatar (@officialavatar) May 22, 2025

Coming 13 years after the original Avatar, the highest-grossing movie in history ($2.92 billion worldwide), The Way of Water chronicles the...

Before the third chapter in James Cameron’s epic science-fiction franchise, Avatar: Fire and Ash, sets the box office aflame in December, the second installment of the series, Avatar: The Way of Water, is returning to IMAX theaters on October 3. If you missed The Way of Water in theaters (like I did), this could be your chance to course-correct a grievous cinematic sin.

The re-release of Avatar: The Way of Water arrives courtesy of Lionsgate/Universal’s move of the Michael Jackson biopic to 2026, freeing up space for something like Avatar to rake in more dollars at the box office. Other films affected by release date shifts this week include Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, with Doomsday now arriving on December 18, 2026, and Secret Wars superhero landing in cinemas on December 17, 2027.

Avatar: The Way of Water earned a staggering $2.32 billion during its initial theatrical run, making it the...

The timeline for the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been extended. According to Entertainment Weekly, Marvel Studios revealed this week that the release dates for its next two Avengers films have been pushed back. Avengers: Doomsday, which was originally slated to release on May 1, 2026, will now come out on December 18, 2026. The follow-up, Avengers: Secret Wars, was similarly pushed back from May 7, 2026 to December 17, 2027.

So if you were planning to spend your next two summers with the Avengers, surprise, you'll now be ringing in the holidays with them instead. Fortunately, this isn't that bad of a delay; at least Doomsday and Secret Wars are still planned for the same year they were originally going to come out, just seven months later.

This change to Marvel's release schedule comes only a couple of months after they announced the core cast for the fifth Avengers movie, Avengers: Doomsday. That one...

Lilo and Stitch are riding a Hawaiian roller-coaster back into theaters this weekend, but unlike that mischievous blue alien, the live-action remake looks poised to clean up. Tracking for the film's four-day opening over the Memorial Day weekend puts its predicted haul at a record $165 million, which would certainly be a bounce back for Disney after the debacle of Snow White.

The original Lilo & Stitch snagged a Best Animated Feature nomination back in 2003, but does this live-action ohana have what it takes to make it back to Oscar night? Here are the categories in which the new Lilo & Stitch could be competitive come awards season.

Best Original Song

In addition to a slew of songs from the King himself, Elvis Presley, the original movie featured a couple of new songs by Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu and composer Alan Silvestri, including the already-name-checked "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride." The remake includes a...

In the teaser for Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, Henry Czerny's CIA Director Eugene Kittridge lays out the stakes of the action series' ultimate entry.

"Everything you were, everything you've done, has come to this."

Could he be talking about the achievement that has eluded Tom Cruise and company across the franchise's eight entries — Oscar glory?

Reviews for Final Reckoning came in somewhat shy of the high highs that the series has seen in its later outings, under the stewardship of director Christopher McQuarrie (an Oscar winner for his Usual Suspects screenplay). But there's no denying the goodwill that the films have engendered among movie fans, who have come to identify the franchise as one of the last bastions of old-fashioned Hollywood blockbuster-making.

With Final Reckoning opening in theaters this weekend, let's take a look at Mission's awards history and which categories it could potentially repel onto the...

Disney has pushed the releases of the fifth and sixth entries in Marvel Studios’ Avengers series from May to December next year and in 2027.

Avengers: Doomsday moves from May 1 next year to December 18, 2026 and Avengers: Secret Wars from May 7, 2027 to December 18 of that year.

Joe and Anthony Russo are directing both films, having previously steered Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, which between them grossed nearly $5bn.

The Russo brothers announced their involvement in the sequels at last year’s Comic-Con, where it was also revealed that Robert Downey Jr would play villain Dr Doom.

Avengers: Doomsday recently started production...

One of the biggest blockbusters in recent years is coming back to theaters. Disney has announced that Avatar: The Way of Waterwill return to the big screen on October 3, to prepare audiences for the premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ashlater this year. The announcement comes as the studio continues to shuffle its release schedule. The upcoming Avengers movies were moved around, leaving Marvel Cinematic Universe fans wondering how the new dates will affect the rest of the franchise. Fortunately for fans of the Na'vi, no upcoming Avatar movies have changed release dates.

Avatar: The Way of Water helped James Cameron's latest passion project go from one very successful blockbuster to a massive, epic franchise. Several sequels to the original Avatar film had always been planned, but it took The Way of Water more than a decade to become a reality. The sequel saw the return of Sam Worthingtonas Jake Sully.

Marvel fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the Avengers re-assemble.

Disney has pushed “Avengers: Doomsday” to December 18, 2026 from its original release date of May 1, 2026. That slot will now be filled by “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” “Avengers: Secret Wars” also received a similar shift, moving from May 7, 2027 to December 17, 2027.

Other calendar moves include scheduling an IMAX 3D re-release of “Avatar: The Way of Water” for October 3, 2025, two months before “Avatar: Fire & Ash” hits theaters. Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic epic “The Dog Stars” also received a release date of March 27, 2026.

Few movies on Disney’s upcoming slate are more anticipated than “Avengers: Doomsday,” which sees Joe and Anthony Russo stepping back into the director’s chair(s) and Robert Downey Jr. returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as beloved villain Dr. Doom. The film was retooled from the ashes of the planned “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,...

Turns out the devil (still) wears Prada!

News broke last July that a sequel to the 2006 comedy “The Devil Wears Prada” was officially in the works at Disney. The studio has now officially set a May 1, 2026 theatrical release date for the follow-up.

Though it was reported last year that Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt would be returning, no cast members have been officially confirmed. Stanley Tucci, who starred in the original “Devil Wears Prada,” recently told Variety, “I know they’re working on it. If it happens, I would be so happy, but I cannot give you any information. Otherwise, I’ll go to the actor’s prison or something. [The original] was one of the best experiences ever.

“The Devil Wears Prada” was based on Lauren Weisberger’s dishy 2003 novel about a young woman’s nightmarish experience working at a fashion magazine (Weisberger worked as a personal assistant for American Vogue...

Marvel Studios is pushing back the release of its next two Avengers films, directed by the Russo Brothers. Avengers: Doomsday has moved from May 1 to December 18, 2026. Meanwhile, Avengers: Secret Wars is moving from May 7 to December 17, 2027.

Insiders noted that these two films are among the biggest ever made, and the delays simply allow more time to execute on a gargantuan vision. Disney/Marvel elected for December dates, given the success they’ve had in the holiday corridor with titles like Spider-Man: No Way Home. Avengers: Doomsday is in production now.

Today, Disney also shared updates on a pair of high-profile titles from 20th Century Studios: Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars, starring Jacob Elordi, and The Devil Wears Prada 2. The Dog Stars will be released on March 27, 2026, with The Devil Wears Prada 2 coming out on May 1, 2026. Then, there’s an IMAX/3D re-release of James Cameron...

Director James Cameron is officially trading out Pandora's familiar color scheme for Avatar: Fire and Ash. Avatar found fame as a historically gorgeous blockbuster in 2009 with CGI creations that still hold up against modern movies. The beauty of Pandora was portrayed through a lush landscape with vibrant greenery and clear blue waters that match its iconic Na'vi inhabitants.

But Pandora is getting some flaming hot changes in Avatar 3 as Cameron introduces the Fire Na'vi, with its leader, Varang, played by Oona Chaplin, set to be the threequel's main villain. Her tribe, the Ash People, will face stiff opposition in Fire and Ash from Sam Worthington's Jake Sully, Zoe Saldaña's Neytiri, Sigourney Weaver's Kiri, Stephen Lang's Quaritch, and Kate Winslet's Ronal.

IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond spoke with The Ankler at the Cannes Film Festival and, while talking up the rest of its 2025 slate after a record-breaking...

Visual effects (VFX) workers at Disney’s Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, and the “Avatar” franchise have successfully approved their first-ever collective bargaining agreements since their landmark unionization with IATSE two years ago.

Disney and Marvel VFX employee gain better health benefits, pension, and overtime.

According to the agreements announced by IATSE, workers at Disney and Marvel Studios secured four-year contracts. Key highlights include guaranteed overtime pay, established minimum-hour guarantees, and substantial health and pension benefits through inclusion in MPI Healthcare & Pension plans. These benefits represent an estimated compensation increase of around $13 per hour for each employee, covering health and retirement contributions. Additionally, the contracts provide pay increases on minimum rates retroactive to January 1, 2025.

“Avatar” franchise workers got a separate contract for three years.

Workers on the “Avatar” franchise received a separate three-year contract featuring preferential hiring rights on future films within the franchise, without a reduction in pay. This...

IATSE said Friday that visual effects workers at Disney’s Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and the Avatar franchise have voted to approve their first collective bargaining agreements since unionizing in 2023.

The union said the Disney and Marvel contracts are four years before renegotiation, and include overtime pay and minimum hours guarantees; inclusion in MPI Healthcare & Pension (an increase in total compensation of about $13 per hour worked for every employee in the form of health care

and retirement contributions paid by the studios); and pay raises on minimum rates retroactive to January 1, 2025.

The Avatar workers’ contract is for three years and includes provisions for preferential hiring rights, without a loss of pay, on future Avatar films for current bargaining unit employees; IATSE Basic Agreement annual wage increases; Mpiphp benefits retroactive to August 1, 2024; and new wage scale rates based on a 40-hour work week on future films. More than a third...

Marvel Studios is reportedly eyeing a talented young actress for a key role in their upcoming X-Men movie. According to insider Jeff Sneider, Trinity Bliss, known for her role in Avatar: The Way of Water, is being considered to play Jubilation “Jubilee” Lee in the MCU.

The news comes from The Hot Mic podcast, where Sneider mentioned that Bliss is “in the mix for Jubilee,” but he also advised fans to take the information with “a grain of salt.” As of now, Marvel Studios has not officially confirmed the movie’s development or finalized any casting decisions.

However, Bliss’s name being linked to the role has sparked excitement among fans.

Trinity Bliss made a significant impression in Hollywood with her role as Tukitey (“Tuk”) in Avatar: The Way of Water, which premiered in 2022. Tuk is the youngest of Jake Sully and Neytiri’s four children. Bliss is set to...

Disney's presentation at CinemaCon 2025 confirmed eleven characters to appear in James Cameron's Avatar 3. Avatar: Fire and Ash continues the story in Avatar: The Way of Water, featuring Jake Sully and his family, who are forced to flee their home and find refuge with other Na'vi tribes around the sci-fi planet of Pandora.

The movie's presentation at CinemaCon included a privately shown trailer for attendees, who had big reactions to the new Avatar 3 footage. With the previous two Avatar films becoming blazing successes at the box office, expectations for Avatar: Fire and Ash (which will be released on December 19) are high.

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Thunderbolts* isn’t the kind of Marvel movie anyone expected to lead a comeback. It doesn’t hold the star power of Iron Man or Thor, but its character-driven story has done something far more important. Over the years, MCU seemed to lose its spark after Avengers: Endgame. Too many shows, too many spin-offs, and too little impact left even die-hard viewers exhausted.

But the surprising movie has become the unexpected charm, one that can restore faith in the franchise. With strong reviews, solid box office numbers, and an unexpected narrative twist, Thunderbolts* has forced the studio to confront the hard truth that sank the MCU. Even Disney’s CEO now acknowledges that mistake.

Disney CEO hails Thunderbolts* as turning point in Marvel’s comeback strategy A still from Thunderbolts* | Credit: Marvel Studios

After years of box-office failures and mounting criticism, Disney CEO Bob Iger has officially acknowledged what many Marvel fans have long suspected.

When Bob Chapek took over as Disney CEO, he immediately prioritised adding as much content to Disney+ as possible. On an almost weekly basis, new films and TV shows debuted on the platform, adding to an already huge amount of classic content from the studio's library.

It was good value for subscribers, but spending money to make money didn't exactly pay off for the House of Mouse. Chapek was subsequently pushed out of the company, and Bob Iger made his surprise return as CEO.

He immediately set about righting the ship, taking Walt Disney Studios, Disney Animation, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Marvel Studios to task. In the latter's case, Kevin Feige was happy to get back to quality over quantity, and we've seen the positive results from that with Daredevil: Born Again and Thunderbolts*.

During a conference call with Wall Street analysts today (discussing Disney's better-than-expected results in the fiscal second...

Ready for an all-new dinosaur adventure? Cinema’s toothiest troublemakers are returning in Jurassic World Rebirth, set to evolve the blockbuster saga with fresh characters, creatures and more. You can read all about it in Empire’s summer 2025 issue, going on set with Gareth Edwards and his cast – order yours now here.

You won’t find a copy on newsstands until Thursday 8 May, but here’s a sneak peek at what’s inside the issue.

Jurassic World Rebirth

A new era of Jurassic begins. Empire joins Godzilla and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards on set of his dinosaur adventure, speaking to Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey and more as the series evolves its DNA once more.

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Time for an upgrade. M3GAN was a horror smash – and the sequel is upping the ante in every way, going cultier, campier, and cranking up the action. Empire speaks to director Gerard Johnstone,...

Disney’s CEO Bob Iger has admitted the company’s film slate has struggled in post-pandemic times by focusing too much on quantity and not enough on quality.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe, in particular, hasn’t restored its luster since the epic culmination of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.” There have been hits since Covid, like “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” But success has been wildly inconsistent as tentpoles like “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “The Marvels” and “Captain America: Brave New World” were among Disney’s first comic book franchise installments to lose money since the MCU brought superhero movies in vogue.

However, Iger views “Thunderbolts”,” which debuted last weekend to $76 million, as the “first and best example” of the studio’s new priority to make better movies… even if that means there are fewer of them.

“We all know that...

Check what an award-winning sci-fi director once said about Avatar ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

James Cameron’s visually stunning epic sci-fi blockbuster ‘Avatar’ received tremendous praise from fans and critics across the globe after its theatrical release in 2009. Avatar and its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, are among the top five highest-grossing movies of all time globally.

Eminent filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Edgar Wright have expressed their admiration for the film in the past.

This Award-Winning Director Wasn’t Very Happy With Avatar

However, some viewers opined that Avatar was not the best film directed by James Cameron. For instance, the immensely talented British filmmaker Duncan Jones once said (as reported by SlashFilm) that Avatar wasn’t in his top three James Cameron films.

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He also questioned,...

Avatar and its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, are respectively the highest grossing and third highest grossing movies in history. Will the upcoming threequel, Avatar: Fire and Ash, join the club?

We'll find out at the end of this year. In the meanwhile, Empire has the first official shot from the movie: Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) baring her teeth in rage and aiming a weapon at someone:

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Hollywood should have seen this coming. After starting trade wars over cars and steel, solar panels and washing machines, Donald Trump has added movies to the list.

Potus’ announcement on Truth Social on May 5 that he plans to slap a 100 percent tariff on films “coming into our country produced in foreign lands” has sent shockwaves through the global entertainment industry.

The plan — if a 113-word post, much of it written in screaming all-caps and also walked back by a White House spokesperson, can be considered a plan — appears to be to try and force the studios to shoot more movies in America by imposing a levy on tentpoles that shoot abroad, in countries like Canada, the U.K., Spain and Australia, and take advantage of local tax incentives there.

Even if such a tariff were legal — and there is some debate about whether Trump has the authority to impose such...

James Cameron has spent a little over 17 years of his career working on his series of Avatar films. The ambitious productions have always been on the cutting edge of visual effects, with new filmmaking techniques and technological innovations being made to help bring Cameron's vision to life. Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in the series, is set to be released at the end of this year, with several more sequels on the way. Interestingly, it seems that Cameron's next project, following his immense dedication to the Avatar films, is an equally ambitious historical project based on the real-life horrific experiences of one individual.

In a new report from Deadline, it has been revealed that James Cameron has recruited actor Martin Sheen to provide narration for the audiobook version of "Ghosts of Hiroshima," which the Avatar director will adapt for the big screen. Written by Charles Pellegrino, the book...

In a move that could shake up the entertainment industry, President Trump says he’s directed his administration to put a “100 percent tariff” on any movies coming into the U.S. that were not produced in this country.

He posted on his Truth Social platform Sunday that he’s authorized the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to institute the tariff.

“The Movie Industry in America is Dying a very fast death,” he wrote. “Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!

“Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin...