Disney to stream two-part Avatar Fire and Water documentary

Disney will stream a two part documentary, Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films, on November 7, 2025, offering a behind the scenes look at James Cameron’s 2022 sequel Avatar The Way of Water and a preview of the upcoming Avatar Fire and Ash, which opens in theaters on December 19, 2025. The documentary features interviews with Cameron and members of the principal cast, including Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet and Stephen Lang, and incorporates footage and reflections from the late producer Jon Landau.

The film aims to explain the technical and physical methods behind the franchise’s visual effects and performance capture work, with an emphasis on the underwater sequences that shaped the long gap between the original Avatar and its sequels. Cameron says in the documentary, "We're not just making images out of nothing." The trailer and promotional clips show extensive behind the scenes material, from prosthetics, costumes and practical rigs to large scale mechanical stand ins and camera systems built to track actors in a specially rigged volume.

Saldaña, who returns as Neytiri in Fire and Ash, has publicly advocated for a documentary to spotlight...