Dileep Rao has been confirmed to return in the Avatar sequel. The first Avatar film introduced viewers to a number of key secondary characters, including Dileep Rao’s Max Patel.
Disney has announced an unprecedented deal to purchase the bulk of FOX’s assets, and the Avatar sequels have been described as the “crown jewels” of the purchase.
One of the civilian scientists working in the Avatar project, Max seemed to have been working on Pandora for a number of years.
Only the release of Avatar 2 will tell whether or not this one will pay off.