James Cameron confirms Kate Winslet's return in Avatar 3, teases a more substantial part for her

Filmmaker James Cameron confirmed that Kate Winslet has been roped in for Avatar 3. This is the third film in the director’s $5 billion-and-counting franchise. Revealing details regarding Kate’s involvement in Avatar threequel, James said, "Kate will once again play Ronal. While Kate’s involvement in Avatar: The Way of Water was relatively minimal, it sounds like she will have more to do in the third film." In an interview, James had said the post-production schedule was hectic, but the film is due out Christmas of '25, reports deadline. 

James Cameron talks about Kate’s involvement in Avatar 3

"Kate went to school with a real-life shaman to learn more about she will employ in the 2025 release," the director adds.

Spilling the beans about the preparation of Kate for the character, Titanic director said, “When you see her doing that purification ritual to try to revive Kitty in the film and some of the stuff that she’s going to do in movie three, that’s based on actual practice,”

It makes sense that we’d see more of Ronal, given James told GQ today that “the big (creative) advance in this movie is just going to be greater character depth.”

James Cameron talks about the expectations from Avatar 

Regarding expectations from Avatar, he said, “We’re seeing new cultures, new creatures -- all the same stuff you’d expect from an Avatar movie, but the whole idea of this cycle of films is to live with these people and go on this epic journey with them."

Assuring the fans that the movie will be the best water VFX, he further adds, “So I think it’s not about, ‘We’re going to show you the best water (VFX) ever done’ -- but you get more into the heart and soul of the characters. And there’s some very interesting new characters that come in as well. This is a journey over time. It will play out through movie three, into movie four and movie five. There’s an epic cycle to the whole thing.”

This is not the first time that Kate Winslet and James Cameron are working together for a film project. Way back in 1997, both worked in 1997 movie titled Titanic.

(With inputs from IANS)