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A Titanic reunion: Kate Winslet boards James Cameron's Avatar franchise

Kate Winslet is joining the Avatar franchise, reuniting the actress with Titanic director James Cameron.

Long-delayed franchise set to return in 2020

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Director James Cameron is reteaming with his former Titanic star Kate Winslet, who is set to join his long-delayed Avatar franchise. (Joel Ryan/Associated Press)

Kate Winslet is joining the Avatar franchise, reuniting the actress with Titanic director James Cameron.

A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox confirmed the news Tuesday. It was first reported by the online trade publication Deadline.

According to Deadline, Winslet will be playing a character named Ronal, but no word on just how many of the films she'll be part of.

Released in 2009, Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar won three Oscars and took more than $2B US worldwide. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)

Cameron said that they had been looking to work together again for 20 years.

Four Avatar sequels are planned to be released in December of 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025. 

Winslet will be seen next in the survival drama The Mountain Between Us, in theatres on Friday.

File - In this undated file image released by Paramount Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, left, are shown in a scene from the 3-D version of James Cameronís romantic epic "Titanic." Cameron's 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” sailed beyond the $2 billion mark in lifetime ticket sales, thanks to the 3-D re-release of the film that was timed to the centennial of the ship's sinking.(AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, File)
Kate Winslet starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in director James Cameron's 1997 romantic blockbuster Titanic, which sailed beyond the $2 billion mark in lifetime ticket sales thanks to a subsequent 3D re-release of the film. (Paramount Pictures/Associated Press)
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