Avatar 2: James Cameron confirms chief villain will also appear in 3, 4 and 5
'Same guy, same motherf**ker'
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Your support makes all the difference.James Cameron has confirmed that Stephen Lang will reprise the role as the chief villain of Avatar across its forthcoming sequels.
The filmmaker revealed that the character Colonel Miles Quaritch will return to torment the Na'vi again in all four of the series' new films despite seeming to perish at the climax of number one.
Speaking to Empire, he said: “The interesting conceit of the Avatar sequels is it's pretty much the same characters. There are new characters and a lot of new settings and creatures, so I'm taking characters you know and putting them in unfamiliar places and moving them on this greater journey.
“But it's not a whole bunch of new characters every time. There's not a new villain every time, which is interesting. Same guy. Same motherf**ker through all four movies. He is so good and he just gets better. I know Stephen Lang is gonna knock this out of the park.”
Lang's return as the chief bad guy, who Cameron has previously compared to Star Wars villain Darth Vader, is perhaps unsurprising considering Sigourney Weaver is returning for the sequels despite her character Dr Grace Augustine dying in the 2009 blockbuster.
The release dates of all four of Cameron's Avatar sequels have finally been firmed up with the first sequel arriving on 18 December 2020 in glasses-free 3D, no less.
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