Paving the way

Though Sigourney Weaver’s Dr. Grace Augustine ultimately died in the first Avatar film, one of the first surprising details director James Cameron shared about the film’s sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water , was that Weaver was set to return as a mysterious new character . While Avatar ’s story of symbiotic aliens could potentially have led to resurrecting Dr. Augustine in an imaginative way, it turns out that The Way of Water ’s taking a much more surprising approach to incorporating Weaver back into the franchise. Avatar: The Way of Water ’s first trailer revealed that its story would focus on the blended family that former human Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and the Na’vi Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) began after the original film. Surprising as it was to see that Jake and Neytiri had seemingly adopted a human kid, in a recent interview with Empire magazine , Cameron shared more details about the couple’s other child, Kiri, that may point to her being the more intriguing of … [Read more...] about Avatar: The Way of Water’s going to turn Sigourney Weaver into a teenage Na’vi

Alien alumna Sigourney Weaver is set to return in the three upcoming Avatar sequels, this time as a "different" and "in many ways more challenging" character. Deadline reports that Weaver is the second star to be brought back in spite of the death of their original persona, the first being actor Stephen Lang who played the main antagonist in the last movie. No specifics have been given in regards to what role Weaver will play. Director James Cameron will be filming all three Avatar sequels back-to-back. The first movie is slated for release in December 2016, with the next two scheduled for 2017 and 2018 debuts. … [Read more...] about Despite dying in ‘Avatar,’ Sigourney Weaver will appear in the sequels

The European Commission has vowed to create a new emergency plan for member states to be able to reduce or remove Russian energy products, including pushing for more renewable sources of energy. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the Commission was working on a draft of an emergency plan to help European Union countries deal with the fallout of limited Russian energy imports as the EU looks to limit the amount of Russian oil, coal and gas being bought. We are preparing emergency plans for Europe,” von der Leyen stated and added, “Energy prices are high. People — rightly so — expect us to do something about it,” Greek newspaper Ekathimerini reports .  “We need a good, common plan that the energy flows, or the gas flows, where it is needed most,” she added. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi were headed to Israel Monday as the EU seeks to wean itself off Russian fossil fuel imports. … [Read more...] about EU To Create Emergency Plan For Russian Energy Cut Off