All Four ‘Avatar’ Sequels Will Have The Same Villain

James Cameron continues to press on with all four of his unasked-for “Avatar” sequels, determined to build whole new worlds to entice audiences around the globe to return to Pandora and beyond. Yet, for all the fancy, digital window dressing he will use for his upcoming movies, Cameron is less concerned with bringing more characters into the mix. In fact, he’s going to stick to with same villain across all five flicks.

Speaking with Empire, the director revealed that Stephen Lang will earn a steady paycheck as the No Good Military Guy Whose Name I Already Forget, and promises that the actor will bring it the necessary badness required for the part.

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“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,” Cameron said. “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 motherfucker 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.”

Well, let’s hope that the filmmaker has a clever reason for letting Lang get away each time, because as an audience, we’re going to need a decent reason why our heroes can’t seem to get to him across four more flicks. But according to Cameron, it’s all part of one grand story that’s essentially going to be cut up.

“This is a greater narrative broken up into four complete stories,” he said.

“Avatar 2” opens on December 18, 2020 so you have plenty of time to rewatch “Avatar” and remember what the deal was with Lang’s villain.