Avatar 2 Actor Teases Massive Scale Of New James Cameron Movie
Avatar: The Way of Water star Giovanni Ribisi explains the massive scale of what's coming next for the Avatar franchise. For over half a decade, the original 2009 film was the highest-grossing domestic movie of all time, though it has most recently been knocked down to #4 on that chart by the gargantuan theatrical run of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Fans have patiently awaited the promised follow-up, which director James Cameron originally announced back in 2010. Despite this huge delay, original actors Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, Dileep Rao, CCH Pounder, and Matt Gerald will be returning, with everyone but Sigourney Weaver reprising their original Avatar roles.
In the franchise, Ribisi — who is a character actor best known for his work on Sneaky Pete, Ted, and Friends — plays the role of Parker Selfridge. Selfridge is the Resources Development Administration's corporate administrator for its unobtanium mining outfit on the planet Pandora. In the original film, he is reluctant to follow corporate orders to enact violence on the native population, the Na'Vi, but is nevertheless rather easily convinced to give the operation the green light.
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Screen Rant had the opportunity to sit down with Ribisi when he was promoting his role in the Paramount+ biographical miniseries The Offer, which also stars Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, and Juno Temple and chronicles the making of the classic film The Godfather. When the topic turned to his return to the franchise after a decade, Ribisi exclaimed that he's "so excited" about the new Avatar films finally coming out. He teased the release dates of the first
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