Matt Gerald joins Avatar

The closest that Matt Gerald has come to James Cameron in the past is appearing in Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines.

But now he’s about to get a whole lot closer to the Cameron thanks to landing a choice role in Avatar. Gerald will play an unnamed character who is the big villain of the piece. Avatar tells the futuristic tale of a wounded marine (Sam Worthington) drafted in to settle an exploit a distant planet who ends up joining forces with the local creatures to help them fight off the human invaders.