Three sequels have been confirmed for the brilliant cult sci-fi phenomenon Avatar, the highest grossing film of all time at $2.8 billion. We weren’t at all shocked to find Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation, Clash of Titans) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek Into Darkness, Guardians of the Galaxy) to be reprising their roles of Jake Sully and Neytiri but a big shock came when Stephen Lang (Gettysburg, The Men Who Stare at Goats) was announced to be returning as the villainous Colonel Quaritch. We’re now even more confused now that three time Oscar nominee Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Ghostbusters, Galaxy Quest) has been confirmed to appear in Avatar 2.
Returning (three time Oscar winner) director James Cameron (Titanic, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, True Lies, The Abyss) explains how but beware that this paragraph does contain spoilers for the first film, for the eight people who haven’t seen it. “Sigourney and I have a long creative history, dating back to 1985 when we made Aliens. We’re good friends who’ve always worked well together, so it just feels right that she’s coming back for the Avatar sequels. Her character of Grace Augustine, as fans know, died in the first movie, so she’s playing a different and in many ways more challenging character in the upcoming films. We’re both looking forward to this new creative challenge, the latest chapter in our long and continuing collaboration.” There’s no hint who Weaver will be playing but I’d bet on a personification of Mother Eywa, the mother nature of Pandora.
The phenomenal writing\directing duo of Joel and Ethan Coen has brought us numerous cult classics, True Grit, A Serious Man, Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Man Who Wasn’t There, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Big Lebowski, Fargo and No Country For Old Men to name just a few of their works. There’s now an understandable amount of hype for their new noir comedy Hail Caesar which seems to be roping in previous Coen starrers. O Brother/Intolerable Cruelty’s George Clooney (also known for Oceans, Gravity, The Descendants, Up in the Air and Syriana) and True Grit/No Country’s Josh Brolin (The Goonies, Milk, W., American Gangster) have been confirmed as part of the cast. All we’d need now is Jeff Briges, Javier Bardem and Frances McDormand and we’d have a full on Coen reunion, unlikely though.
Finally today we’ve got the second character banner for Marvel’s upcoming space adventure Guardians of the Galaxy which today features the silent green assassin Gamora. We’ll bring up the full gallery at the end of the week. James Gunn (Super, Slither) directs the cast of Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, John C Reilly, Glenn Close, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin.
Guardians of the Galaxy – July 31st
Avatar 2 – December 2016
Hail Caesar – 2015
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