AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH First Still Features GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Star Zoe Saldaña As Neytiri

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH First Still Features GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Star Zoe Saldaña As Neytiri

We've seen plenty of concept art, but the first still from Avatar: Fire and Ash has been released today, and it focuses on Guardians of the Galaxy star Zoe Saldaña as the returning Neytiri. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - May 02, 2025 03:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Avatar
Source: Empire (via SFFGazette.com)

Avatar: The Way of Water concluded with the death of Jake Sully and Neytiri's firstborn son, Neteyam. Unsurprisingly, that's put them both back on the warpath against the RDA, and the "absolute devastation" will fuel the matriarch's actions heading into Avatar: Fire and Ash

"That pain is seamlessly followed up on," Zoe Saldaña tells Empire Online (via SFFGazette.com). "And because it doesn’t really have anywhere to go, and doesn’t go away, rage can also come from it. [The Sullys] are going to be tested as a family."

"Not only would everything that’s happening compel her to question the bond she has with her husband," the actress adds, "but also her bond with herself, her people, her land, and the way the Na’vi are. She’s going to question everything."

However, Neytiri will supposedly "meet her match" in Oona Chaplin's Varang, the leader of the Mangkwan Ash Clan. Filmmaker James Cameron also talked to the site and teased, "Zoe is incandescent in this film. With Emilia Pérez, she’s finally getting recognised as the top-tier actor we’ve always known she is. But in [Fire And Ash], that goes way beyond what you’ve seen before."

These comments are accompanied by the first official still from Avatar: Fire and Ash; Saldaña is put front and centre as Neytiri and looks ready to unleash her savagery while avenging her son's murder. It's a gorgeous shot, and with any luck, the story will match its quality. 

In Avatar: Fire and Ash, Jake and Neytiri will encounter the "Ash People," a new clan of Na'vi, though few concrete plot details have been revealed about what to expect beyond that. 

The movie was shot back-to-back with 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water. Cameron originally planned for them to be one movie, but soon realised there was too much material and expanded the story across parts two and three (a fourth instalment is also in development).

Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones) plays the leader of the Ash People, Varang. David Thewlis and Michelle Yeoh are also joining the cast alongside returning stars Sam Worthington, Zeo Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Britain Dalton, Jack Champion, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Bailey Bass, Joel David Moore, Edie Falco, and Dileep Rao.

Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver wrote Avatar: Fire and Ash and the movie will be released in theaters on December 19. 

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 5/2/2025, 3:32 PM
it will never top the original Avatar
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grif
grif - 5/2/2025, 3:44 PM
yep thats what she looks like.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 5/2/2025, 3:48 PM
I read that as Zendaya and thought to myself, sh1t, I need to avoid this movie twice as hard now.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 5/2/2025, 4:03 PM
Me when I watch Avatar(s).
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DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 5/2/2025, 5:15 PM
I wonder what magic Cameron could've created if he wasn't so tied up with this (and it pains me to say it because I enjoyed the first film) BORING ass franchise.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/2/2025, 5:42 PM
Changing the body, changes the skin color. Changing the skin color changes the movie. Changing the movie changes the skin color, changing the skin color changes it all!
thebamf
thebamf - 5/2/2025, 6:13 PM
I just can't get into these movies

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