{"id":12618,"date":"2017-08-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/avatar-villain-stephen-lang-returning-for-all-four-sequels-says-james-cameron\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T01:00:00","slug":"avatar-villain-stephen-lang-returning-for-all-four-sequels-says-james-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/avatar-villain-stephen-lang-returning-for-all-four-sequels-says-james-cameron\/","title":{"rendered":"'Avatar' Villain Stephen Lang Returning for All Four Sequels, Says James Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Peter Martin<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

\"Avatar\"<\/a><\/div>\n

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James Cameron’s Avatar<\/em> was greatly enlivened by the presence of Stephen Lang (above). Millions of people saw the sci-fi adventure during its theatrical release and\/or later on home video, but if you need a reminder, Lang portrayed Colonel Miles Quaritch, the leader of the military force on the planet Pandora.<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially, Colonel Quaritch appears to be tough but fair. Eventually, though, he becomes quite a villainous character, never hesitating to kill anyone he views as a threat to his overall mission. After an epic battle with the heroic Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), he’s apparently left for dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 2013, we heard<\/a> that Lang had signed up for the three Avatar<\/em> sequels planned at the time. Cameron said: “His character will evolve into really unexpected places across the arc of our new three-film saga.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The sequel plans have expanded to four installments and now director James Cameron confirms that Lang will appear in all of them. He tells Empire<\/a> (via Collider<\/a>): “The interesting conceit of the Avatar<\/em> 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***** through all four movies.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron also credits director Peter Jackson for inspiration: “I said ‘It’s your fault I’m doing this, motherf*****!'” He recalls. “It’s one big story. But I would say a little bit different from The Lord Of The Rings<\/em>, which you knew was a trilogy and that allowed you to accept a sort of truncated ending for movies one and two and then a fulfilment. This is a greater narrative broken up into four complete stories.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The first of the four Avatar<\/em> sequels is currently scheduled for release on December 18, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Avatar\"<\/a><\/div>\n

\n

James Cameron’s Avatar<\/em> was greatly enlivened by the presence of Stephen Lang (above). Millions of people saw the sci-fi adventure during its theatrical release and\/or later on home video, but if you need a reminder, Lang portrayed Colonel Miles Quaritch, the leader of the military force on the planet Pandora.<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially, Colonel Quaritch appears to be tough but fair. Eventually, though, he becomes quite a villainous character, never hesitating to kill anyone he views as a threat to his overall mission. After an epic battle with the heroic Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), he’s apparently left for dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 2013, we heard<\/a> that Lang had signed up for the three Avatar<\/em> sequels planned at the time. Cameron said: “His character will evolve into really unexpected places across the arc of our new three-film saga.”<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

The sequel plans have expanded to four installments and now director James Cameron confirms that Lang will appear in all of them. He tells Empire<\/a> (via Collider<\/a>): “The interesting conceit of the Avatar<\/em> 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***** through all four movies.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron also credits director Peter Jackson for inspiration: “I said ‘It’s your fault I’m doing this, motherf*****!'” He recalls. “It’s one big story. But I would say a little bit different from The Lord Of The Rings<\/em>, which you knew was a trilogy and that allowed you to accept a sort of truncated ending for movies one and two and then a fulfilment. This is a greater narrative broken up into four complete stories.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The first of the four Avatar<\/em> sequels is currently scheduled for release on December 18, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

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