The Asylum’s Mockbuster Pandora: Fire and Ice Hits Digital
Mockbuster alert: The Asylum unleashes Pandora: Fire and Ice, its riff on Avatar: Fire and Ash, and it’s available now on digital.
Because of course they did: The Asylum just dropped their latest mockbuster, 'Pandora: Fire and Ice', digitally, timing it with the new 'Avatar' sequel ('Avatar: Fire and Ash') heading to theaters on December 19. If you want to watch it right now, it is up on Amazon for $2.99 to rent or $9.99 to buy, and there is a trailer making the rounds.
This one is a follow-up to 2022's 'Battle for Pandora', which The Asylum rolled out alongside 'Avatar: The Way of Water'. Quick refresher on that first entry: Noah Luke directed from a script by Joe Roche and Rolfe Kanefsky. The plot kicks off when a distress signal from a research vessel reaches Earth, prompting the U.S. Space Force to send a rescue mission to Pandora — not that Pandora — theirs is a moon of Saturn. Once they try to land, they realize the place is home to a highly evolved humanoid species. You see where this is going.
Now 'Pandora: Fire and Ice' brings writer Joe Roche back for round two. The story leaps ahead decades after humanity's first contact with Pandora, when a new expedition shows up to squeeze out whatever resources are left. Bad timing: the alien population is gearing up to hit back at Earth. Canyon Prince directs this one; if that name rings a bell, he previously did 'The Final Level: Escaping Rancala' for The Asylum, pitched as 'Jumanji meets Ready Player One'. The cast includes Erika K. Marks, William McNamara, and the ever-busy Eric Roberts.
The Asylum playbook, in case you are new here
- Ballerina Assassin
- Morgan: Killer Doll
- The Jolly Monkey
- The Twisters
- Road Wars: Max Fury
- The Exorcists
- Bullet Train Down
- Jurassic Domination
- Top Gunner
- Battle Star Wars
- Alien Predator
- Triassic World
- Tomb Invader
- Atlantic Rim
- Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies
- Almighty Thor
- Thor: God of Thunder
- AVH: Alien vs. Hunter
- Transmorphers
- Snakes on a Train
- The Da Vinci Treasure
- War of the Worlds
- Hillside Cannibals
If you made it through 'Battle for Pandora' and wanted more, 'Fire and Ice' arrives exactly on schedule. If you are waiting for Cameron's movie instead, well, this one will probably still be on Amazon when you get back.