Fire and Water: Making of the Avatar films on Disney+: when it comes out

Behind the scenes, the tricks, the inventions, the protagonists and the innovations. Disney+ announces Fire and Water: Making of the Avatar filmsJames Cameron’s creature feature documentary. Here’s everything we know.

Fire and Water: Making of the Avatar films, the trailer

Fire and Water: Making of the Avatar films, previews

The two-part documentary produced by 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment, which offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of Avatar: The Way of Waterthe Oscar-winning cinematic phenomenon, plus a preview of the next film Avatar: Fire and Ashcontains exclusive behind-the-scenes stories, concept art and interviews with the cast and filmmakers. The filmmakers traveled from Manhattan Beach, San Pedro, Shasta Lake and the Channel Islands to the Bahamas, Hawaii and New Zealand, following the cast and crew as they honed and perfected underwater performance capture technology and learned to freedive in a giant, state-of-the-art 5 million-gallon water tank.

Fire and Water: Making of the Avatar films, interviews

The two-part documentary includes interviews with (in order of appearance): James Cameron (writer/director/producer/editor), Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Jon Landau (producer), Stephen Lang, Maria Battle Campbell (co-producer, 1^st assistant director), Richard Baneham (executive producer, Lightstorm visual effects supervisor), Kate Winslet, Rae Sanchini (executive producer, president, Lightstorm Entertainment), Margery Simkin (casting director), Jamie Landau (co-producer), Stephen Rivkin (editor), Ryan Champney (visual production supervisor), Dylan Cole (production designer), Garrett Warren (2^nd unit director, stunt coordinator), Rob Innes (founder, Jetovator, Inc.), John Rosengrant (co-founder, Legacy Effects), Chis Denison (stunts), Joey Natale (stunts, stunt driver), Steve Brown (assistant stunt coordinator), Richie Schwalm (on-set coordinator), JD Schwalm (performance capture special effects coordinator), Peter Zuccarini (underwater cinematographer), John Garvin (supervising dive master), Kirk Krack (performance free dive instructor), Sigourney Weaver, Cliff Curtis, William Trubridge (Metkayina stroke consultant), Britain Dalton, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Luke Freeborn (supervising art director), Ben Procter (production designer), Brigitte Yorke (co-producer, New Zealand unit production manager), Brendan Cowell, John Garvin (supervising dive master), Jack Champion, Joe Letteri (senior visual effects supervisor), Eric Saindon (Wētā FX, senior visual effects supervisor), Nick Epstein (Wētā FX, visual effects supervisor).

Fire and Water: Making of the Avatar films, when it releases on Disney+

The documentary debuts on Disney+ on November 7, 2025.