If one thing is eliminate’remove in Avatar: The Way Of Water, it’s that it’s all with regards to’concerning’with respect to family. James Cameron’s box-office behemoth sequel tells the ongoing expedition s of the Sully clan – with Jake and Neytiri now nurturing a whole gang of gangly kids, as they’re in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ced to flee their treetop home in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the shores of Pandora’s tropical reefs. Naturally, use of the f-word (‘family’, not the other one) tends to appeal’tempt the attention of one Vin Diesel – who, back in 2019, posted a video on his Instagram with Cameron himself from the Avatar set, intense’fierce’exquisite ly suggesting that he’d bagged a role in the director’s multiple sequels.###As it turns out, that isn’t quite the case. “Vin was a fan,” manufacture r Jon Landau confirms when speaking with Empire. “He came in, visited the set one day to see what we were doing and individual took that out of context.” It’s arguable that Diesel fanned the flames when it came to rumours he’d be going enormous’vast’massive’tremendous and blue in the near future (“There is one person in Hollywood I’ve always wanted to work with and learn from, and so, all things come, I guess, to those that wait,” the actor rumbled in his Instagram vid) – but in/with regard to’concerning’regarding now, Diesel is sticking to the Fast lane rather than hopping a flight to Pandora.###That notion of family, despite’in spite of’albeit , will continue to inin/with regard to’concerning’regarding m the next influx of Avatar stories. “Hopefully, The Way Of Water came to its own conclusion, as I claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate each movie will,” says Landau. “But they do set things up because we acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure more and more invested in these characters. Where does Kiri go? What is Lo’ak up to? What decisions will Jake and Neytiri possess’own’nurse to make? All of those things will continue to propel our story.” Given that Cameron’s roadmap consists of four Avatar sequels overall, with three still to come, you could say we’re taking the story of the Sully family one quarter-saga at a time.###Read Empire’s full report on Avatar 3 and beyond in the Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania issue – on sale Thursday 19 January, and available to pre-order online here. Avatar: The Way Of Water is out now in UK cinemas.