Avatar 2is adding to its cast!
Michelle Yeohis set to star as human scientist Dr. Karina Mogue inJames Cameron‘s upcoming sequel to his 2009 blockbusterAvatar, according toVariety.
Yeoh, 56, is joiningZoë Saldana,Sam Worthington, Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver, David Thewlis and Edie Falco.
TheCrazy Rich Asiansstar is currently starring in CBS’Star Trek: Discovery. She’s previously worked on the Oscar-winning filmCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,Tomorrow Never DiesandMemoirs of a Geisha.
Cameron, 64, has fourAvatarsequels in the works, the second of which will be released in December 2020.
While the plot for the highly-anticipated sequel remains largely under wraps, Camerongave a few tidbits about what to expect in a new interviewwithEmpirein February.
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Cameron revealed the sequel takes plays a few years after the original left off and Jake (Worthington) and Neytiri (Saldana) are still together and have an 8-year-old daughter.
“There’s a three-page argument scene between Jake and Neytiri, a marital dispute, very, very critical to the storyline,” Cameron toldEmpire. “I wound up shooting it all from the point of view of the eight-year-old hiding under the structure and peeking in.”
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The director also opened up about reuniting with hisTitanicstar Winslet in a February interview withVulture, saying the actress“was a phenomenal collaborator and just so gung-ho” about preparing for her role as Ronal, a free-diving member of the Pandoran race, inAvatar 2.
“She was a dream to work with — not the pain in the a— that she was the first time,” he joked. “No, she was a dream onTitanicas well.”
Avatar 2is scheduled for release in December 2020.
source: people.com
