James Cameron Says Michelle Yeoh Is Not In ‘Avatar 3: Fire & Ash’: “She’s In 4 & 5”
deadline.comMichelle Yeoh will not be appearing in Avatar: Fire and Ash, according to director James Cameron. Many expected Yeoh to join the Avatar franchise in its third installment, set to open in theaters on December 19, 2025.
However, Cameron is revealing that the Oscar-winner will appear until the fourth installment. “Michelle Yeoh won’t be in 3. She’s in 4 and 5,” Cameron told EW. “So that got a little bit misreported.
She will be coming in soon to do her part, which is an interesting, fun character.” He continued, “I mean, we’re getting ahead of ourselves now.
This whole thing has been planned for years and years. The scripts were all written years ago, through the end of movie 5. So we’ve been working on parts of 4 even as we go along, mostly because we’ve got this young cast.
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