Avatar: The Way of Water is an upcoming American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron and distributed by 20th Century Studios. The sequel to Avatar (2009), it is the second installment in the Avatar film series. Cameron is producing the film with Jon Landau and is writing the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, which is based on a story all three wrote with Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. Cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, and Matt Gerald reprise their roles from the original film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in a different role.[4] New cast members include Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, and Brendan Cowell.