Avatar 2: Edie Falco's General Ardmore Revealed in New Image

A new behind-the-scenes still from Avatar 2 has offered viewers a sneak peek at Edie Falco as General Ardmore.

The official Avatar Twitter account released the new image from the upcoming sequel on Monday, providing fans with a first look at Edie Falco's character, General Ardmore, who is described as "the new head of RDA activity on Pandora."

The RDA (AKA the Resources Development Administration) is the largest single non-governmental organization in the human universe. A faction of the group launched a space expedition to Pandora to mine for unobtainium in the first movie, which led into a war between the RDA and the native Na'vi. These recent teasers indicate that the RDA will remain a threat in the upcoming Avatar sequels.

We were previously given a glimpse of a new "human-driven multifunction submersible," which the RDA are responsible for. The vehicle is aptly dubbed the "Crabsuit" as it resembles a large mechanical crab with six robotic legs to presumably stabilise the vessel when it's on dry land. The legs appear to retract into the ship's shell when the vehicle is submerged underwater in Pandora's azure blue seas.

Avatar 2 producer Jon Landau has revealed that quite a lot of time will be spent "on the water, around the water, in the water" in the forthcoming sequels, as Jake and Neytiri are going to be forced to leave their home and explore different regions of Pandora. He also shared a photo of two high-tech underwater ships: a high-speed forward-command Matador vessel and a smaller Picador jetboat.

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Falco is best known for her roles in The Sopranos, Oz, and Nurse Jackie. She joins a cast that includes Kate Winslet, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, and Vin Diesel, among other newcomers who are set to appear alongside franchise stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang, the main antagonist of all four sequels.

Filming on the Avatar sequels was one of the first major productions to resume following the industry-wide shutdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and director James Cameron recently confirmed that Avatar 2 had finished filming ahead of its expected 2022 release date. He also confirmed that Avatar 3 had nearly wrapped production as well. So watch this space!

Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.