The New Zealand-born actor will play Tonowari, who is the leader of the Metkayina, the reef people clan (Cameron has said in interviews that the Avatar world in future installments will take place underwater).
Future installments taking place underwater? How could Deadline drop such massive, world-altering details as a supporting clause and a parenthetical?
Deadline has confirmed that Fear the Walking Dead’s Cliff Curtis is boarding all four of James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar sequels in a lead role.
From the looks of it, he won’t supplant series lead/humanoid automaton Sam Worthington, rather splitting narrative duties with him.