Avatar, or James Cameron's Avatar, is a Science Fiction / Adventure franchise created in 2009 by James Cameron with the epic 3D movie of the same name, which ended up the highest grossing film of all time.
It concerns the alien world of Pandora, a moon/planet the atmosphere of which is toxic to humans. This world is inhabited by tall blue humanoids with cat-like faces, the Na'vi, and their interactions and clashes with spacefaring human invaders as well as their bond to the planet's wildlife and sentient force/goddess Eywa are central to the stories. The franchise also reflects Cameron's environmentalism.
Not to be confused with Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Films:
- Avatar (2009)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022): A sequel that took
the better part of the following decade to produce, since Cameron (as usual) was interested in utilizing experimental technology to portray new environments (specifically, Pandora's oceans), taking a few years to improve it. Production finally began in September 2017 and the film was released in December 2022. - Avatar 3 (2025)
- Avatar 4 (2029)
- Avatar 5 (2031)
Comic Books
- Avatar: Brothers (2017)
- Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path (2019): Series written by Sherri L. Smith and with art by Jan Duursema.
- Avatar: The Next Shadow (2021): Series written by Jeremy Barlow and with art by Josh Hood.
- Avatar: Adapt or Die (2022)
- Avatar: The High Ground (2022)
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: So'lek's Journey (2024): Series that follows So'lek from Frontiers of Pandora.
Pinball Machines
- Avatar (2010)
Stage Shows
- Toruk — The First Flight (2015): A prequel spinoff show made by Cirque du Soleil.
Tabletop Games
- Avatar: The Board Game (2010): Published by Mega Games.
Theme Parks
- Pandora – The World of Avatar (2017): A theme park land at Disney's Animal Kingdom set decades after the first film.
Video Games
- James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (2009): A Third-Person Shooter prequel to the first movie with Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Giovanni Ribisi reprising their roles from the film.
- Avatar: The Mobile Game (2009): A sidescroller for mobile devices.
- Avatar: Warrior's Journey (2015): An Endless Running Game.
- Avatar: Pandora Rising (2019): A massively multiplayer online strategy game for mobile devices, launched in its early access stage in late 2019, after going through Development Hell for a few years.
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (2023): An open world First-Person Shooter action game about a Na'vi orphan fighting the RDA during the one year unseen Time Skip in The Way of Water.
