Avatar: Fire and Ash Rating Is Exactly What You Think
A month before release, Avatar: Fire and Ash has its rating after an online listing surfaced — and it’s exactly what you’d expect.
Quick one for the calendar: James Cameron's third trip to Pandora, 'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' just had its rating locked in. No shocker, but there is one eyebrow-raising detail in the fine print.
The rating (and what the board flagged)
Per Next Best Picture's Will Mavity, an MPA ratings board listing posted on X (formerly Twitter) confirms 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' is PG-13. Mavity shared the update on October 29, and the reasoning reads like Cameron is nudging the intensity up a notch.
'intense sequences of violence and action, bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements, and suggestive material.'
Both previous Avatar movies were also PG-13, so the classification is exactly what you would expect for a four-quadrant behemoth. The phrasing 'bloody images' stands out, though — not a dealbreaker for PG-13, but it suggests the action might be a little gnarlier this time.
Where the story picks up
Set a year after Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) move in with the Metkayina clan, the new film finds Jake clashing with a different Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, led by the hot-tempered Varang. Things escalate when Varang decides to team up with Jake's longtime nemesis, Quaritch, turning the whole thing into a fresh fight for Pandora.
Who is in it
James Cameron returns behind the camera with a stacked cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, David Thewlis, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet, and more.
When you can see it
'Avatar: Fire and Ash' hits theaters December 19, 2025.