Walt Disney Company announced yesterday, Tuesday, that the new installment of the Star Wars series will reach theaters in 2026. However, it stated that it will postpone the release of the next three sequels of James Cameron's famous Avatar series. The company also delayed the release dates for the films Thunderbolts and Blade, both produced by Marvel, due to the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike.
John Landau, producer of Avatar, noted on Twitter that filmmakers need more time to complete the third, fourth, and fifth parts of the science fiction series set on the fictional moon of Pandora. The release date for the third Avatar film is now set for December 2025, having originally been scheduled for December 2024. The fourth film is expected to be released in December 2029 and the fifth in December 2031. Landau wrote on Twitter: "Each installment of the Avatar film is an exciting but epic project that takes time to reach the quality level we aim for as directors and that the audience expects. The team is working hard and is eager to bring the audience back to Pandora in December 2025."
The new Star Wars installment is scheduled for release in December 2026, one of two films set to debut that year. The release of Blade has been postponed by five months until February 2025, and Thunderbolts has been rescheduled to December 2024, after initially being set for July of that year.
