Joel David Moore To Make A Return In Avatar Sequels

Joel David Moore can now be added to the growing ensemble cast set to underpin James Cameron’s Avatar sequels. Moore has reportedly closed a deal with Fox that will see him reprise the role of Norm Spellman for Avatar 2 and, seemingly, its three blockbuster sequels.

Shooting on Avatar 2 is due to commence sometime next year ahead of its own release on December 18th, 2020, at which point moviegoers will have waited 11 years for the next chapter in Pandora’s history.

Here’s what the director had to say about the sequel’s prolonged dev cycle, most of which he attributes to the creative process involved in mapping out the franchise’s “overall vision.”

He said “It was a seven-year gap between The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, [a] seven-year gap between Alien and Aliens. It’s gonna be obviously more like a ten-year gap between Avatar and Avatar 2. But Avatar 2 you are going to with not the promise, but the certainty of three more films beyond that, and that’s a very different concept with the audience. And a lot of the delay has been around creating that overall vision.”

Moore will be joining Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington and Sigourney Weaver for Avatar 2, while there’s also Cliff Curtis to consider.