What happens if Avatar: Fire and Ash doesn’t make enough profit to convince Disney to bankroll Avatar 4 and 5? Creator James Cameron has said he’s ready to walk away from the franchise, adding he’ll write a book to resolve the one thread Avatar 3 leaves open.
Maybe it’s just me and my eyes are just shit (probably) but I saw the trailer in a theater recently and I feel like the visual effects haven’t really advanced since the first one. Maybe that’s intentional to keep a familiar visual identity across the franchise, maybe it’s just a case of familiarity breeding contempt, but the first was supposed to be kind of a technical marvel, however now it fails to leave any impression or stand out and do anything new or special, in terms of visuals.
I think that’s more of a reflection of the non-linear technological leaps rather than effort/creativity on the part of the filmmakers. No modern CGI films really wow me in the same way the big features from the 2000s did.