10 Big Actors Who Are Skipping Movies In 2018
8. Sigourney Weaver
Next Movie: Avatar 2 (2020)
Sigourney Weaver has been delivering consistently strong supporting performances for a handful of decades now, and given how regular a screen presence she's been since that first Alien movie in 1979, it's strange to note that she's taking the whole of 2018 off.
Of course, there's a pretty obvious explanation for this absence: it starts with "A" and ends with "vatar". The highest-grossing movie of all time is getting no less than four sequels, and Weaver has mentioned she'll be a part of all of them - despite her character dying in the first movie.
So while it's not clear how she'll appear in these movies, what is clear is that she has a lot of work to do. Her 2018 break is all down to scheduling; with Avatar's sequels currently filming (they have been since last year), Weaver simply has no time to star in and promote another project.
But luckily for her fans, her return in 2020 will be in one of the most high-profile blockbusters of all time - here's hoping the wait is worth it.