Zoe Saldana weighed in on the future of two of her biggest projects in a new interview.
The 46-year-old actress is set to return to the world of James Cameron’s Avatar as Neytiri in 2025′s Fire and Ash. It’s due in theaters in December 2025 and follow’s 2022′s The Way of Water.
Fans are also still holding out hope for a follow-up to 2016′s Star Trek Beyond, in which Zoe plays Nyota Uhura.
Is that something that she thinks will happen still?
Keep reading to find out more…
Speaking to Deadline, Zoe offered a hint at what to expect from the new Avatar movie.
“The way that we left the Sully family, they’re mourning heavily the loss of their child. So I do believe that that will carry out a great deal in the third installment of Avatar,” she told the outlet. “Jake and Neytiri are on this journey of acceptance, of accepting who they are and what they must be for each other and how they’re going to push forward to keep their family safe.”
She continued, saying, “And I love the fact that in the core of this entire saga is a beautiful love story, and I love that Jim really wrote that for them. But it’s not going to be easy. They’re not always going to meet eye to eye, and I just hope that they keep each other safe. That’s my hope for them.”
As for a fourth Star Trek movie, Zoe said that it’s still in the works.
“I wish we were able to do it sooner rather than later. I feel like a lot of us have a full head of gray hair, so we need to do this quickly, if this is the same cast that’s going to reprise it again,” she told the outlet.
Zoe also had a thought about her character’s future: “It’s been a minute since I reconnected with Star Trek and all the characters’ journeys,” she said, “but Uhura and Spock were always sort of drawn to each other, it just makes sense to see what is the next step in their relationship and their work relationship as well.”
