Cirque du Soleil has announced its Grand Chapiteau will return to the United Center next summer with another touring production—this one inspired by James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi CGI fest Avatar.
Cirque's TORUK—The First Flight, set thousands of years before the events of the movie, depicts the first of the Na'vi people to successfully ride a great leonopteryx through the Pandoran skies. The tour kicks off next month in Louisiana, hitting Chicago in Cirque's traditional August slot for five days only, August 3–7, 2016. Presale for Cirque Club members begins this Wednesday, October 28, with the public onsale November 6.
Cameron is at work on a sequel to the movie, currently set for a Christmas 2017 release.