Stephen Lang Set To Terrorize Alien-Cat-Smurfs in AVATAR 2-4 Despite Death
Tue, October 22, 2013 
If you're one of the masses who saw James Cameron's 2009 block-buster, AVATAR, you'll have noted that Stephen Lang was a great bad-guy who really stole the show as the menacing Colonel Quaritch, and then he got stabbed in the chest and died.
Well, it turns out that his hatred for glowing Blue Native American Alien-Cat Smurfs is so intense that death itself won't hold him back, as Deadline confirmed that James "The Man" Cameron has confirmed Lang is set to return in AVATAR 2, AVATAR 3, and AVATAR 4, a long with Perseus and Uhara of course.
“Steven was so memorable in the first film, we’re privileged to have him back,” Cameron said. “I’m not going to say exactly HOW we’re bringing him back, but it’s a science fiction story, after all. His character will evolve into really unexpected places across the arc of our new three-film saga. I really look forward to working with such a gifted actor, who’s also become a good friend.”
The obvious reason here would point to cloning; and hey, it's a good way to bring back such a memorable villain as Colonel Coffee-Mug.
What do you all thing? Good choice in bringing Lang back? I love him; but I hope he has some cool secondary villains to add some flavor.
No plot details as of yet, obviously, but Cameron will continue to direct with different writers set for each of the upcoming installments, with Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds), Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Jurassic World, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), and Shane Salerno (SAVAGES, Shaft) splitting up sequel-duties.
AVATAR 2 will begin filming October 2014, with a predicted December 2016 release.
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