Actors Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana will return for the next three instalments of the Avatar franchise. James Cameron will direct and produce, reports variety.com. Fox Studios recently announced that there would be three more sequels and that Cameron had hired screenwriters Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno to collaborate with him on the screenplays for Avatar 2, Avatar 3 and Avatar 4. Avatar 2 will hit the theatres in December 2016.