Giovanni Ribisi Will Return For All Four ‘Avatar’ Sequels
AsJames Cameroncontinues onward with production for his fourAvatarsequels, the cast has slowly been taking shape. Now another actor who appeared in the first film has been confirmed as returning for all four films.Giovanni Ribisiwill reprise his role as Parker Selfridge. The latestAvatarsequel casting news awaits you below.
It’s hard to believe, but James Cameron is finally in production on his long-delayed sequels toAvatar. Cameron will shoot not just one butfoursequels to his mammoth blockbuster. Previously, originalAvataractorsSam Worthington,Zoe Saldana,Joel David Moore,Stephen Lang,Matt Gerald, andSigourney Weaverwere all confirmed as returning, and a whole group ofyoung actorswere recently announced to join the cast as well. Now, another originalAvatarcast member will be returning to Pandora and beyond:Deadlinereports Giovanni Ribisi will reprise his role as Parker Selfridge.
If you don’t remember who that is (and it’s fine if you don’t), Parker Selfridge is the corporate administrator for The Resources Development Administration (RDA for short), a shady conglomerate who were mining the planet of Pandora for a valuable mineral called unobtanium. Selfridge was originally planning on bulldozing over the Na’vi, the alien race who inhabit Pandora, to get to the mineral. He changed his mind after considering what bad PR it might be to wipe out an alien race. Eventually, when the evil military guysdoattack the Na’vi, Selfridge grows uncomfortable with all the violence.
Just how the character will fit into Cameron’s four sequels remains to be seen. Cameron will film all fourAvatarsequels as one big epic; it sounds like a complex process, but the director seems up for the challenge,saying:
“It’s not back-to-back. It’s really all one big production. It’s more the way you would shoot a miniseries. So we’ll be shooting across all [Avatar scripts] simultaneously. So Monday I might be doing a scene from Movie Four, and Tuesday I’m doing a scene from Movie One. … We’re working across, essentially, eight hours of story. It’s going to be a big challenge to keep it all fixed in our minds, exactly where we are, across that story arc at any given point. It’s going to be probably the most challenging thing I’ve ever done. I’m sure the actors will be challenged by that as well. It’s like, ‘No, no, no, no, this person hasn’t died yet, so you’re still in this phase of your life.’ It’s a saga.”
Avatar 2will open onDecember 18, 2020,Avatar 3onDecember 17, 2021,Avatar 4onDecember 20, 2024, andAvatar 5onDecember 19, 2025.
