Avatar: Fire and Ash Post-Credits Scene: Stay or Skip?
The saga isn’t done, but Cameron’s future in the director’s chair is the real cliffhanger.
Quick one for the credits-watchers: if you were hoping for a little extra tease after Avatar: Fire and Ash, you can stop planning the sit-through. There is no post-credits scene. The movie still points the road to Avatar 4, but Cameron does that inside the story, not after the logos.
So, no tag at the end?
Nope. Fire and Ash keeps the credits clean. The threequel plants its sequel hooks in the main plot and raises the stakes for the fourth film without tacking on a stinger. That’s very on-brand for James Cameron.
Cameron on whether he sticks around
As the movie heads toward its premiere, Cameron has been blunt about what determines whether he keeps directing these: the math. Not creative burnout, not a loss of interest, just the cost of making these colossal, VFX-heavy epics versus what they bring back. On The Town podcast, he put it like this:
"It costs a metric f*ckton of money to make. Which means we need to make two metric f*cktons of money to make a profit. I have no doubt in my mind that this movie will make money. The question is, does it make enough money to justify doing it again?"
He also said he would "absolutely" step away as director if Fire and Ash doesn’t clear the profit bar he needs. To be crystal clear: the lack of a post-credits scene is not a secret signal about his future. It’s just how he likes to structure these movies.
The series has never done post-credits scenes
Cameron has never been into post-credits teases for Pandora. The first film was a complete story about nature and human greed. The Way of Water widened the world and the family dynamics, still no tag. And now Fire and Ash follows suit. He’s been open about aiming for a five-film arc, so he tends to seed the next chapter where everyone can see it: on screen, before the credits roll.
- Avatar (2009): no post-credits scene
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022): no post-credits scene
- Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025): no post-credits scene
Bottom line
No post-credits scene. The movie itself sets up what’s next. Cameron’s decision to keep directing hinges on whether the numbers make sense, not on any hidden teases. Avatar: Fire and Ash opens December 19, 2025 in the US.