UPDATE:

20th Century Fox has denied the below rumour, with a spokesperson for the studio telling Variety that there is "no truth to this" and that the casting process is only just beginning.

Stoke the fires at the rumour mill, because a new report has come in saying Arnold Schwarzenegger will be playing the human antagonist in the first of the three planned Avatar sequels.According to sources close to Latino Review, Arnie will play "a bad guy human general" who will cause trouble for Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Princess Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and the rest of the Na’vi in the first Avatar sequel, set to release in 2016. Director James Cameron had previously told MTV News that the sequel will continue the story directly on from the first movie, hinting that "those nasty humans didn't go away forever."

If the rumour proves to be true, it'll be the fourth collaboration between Schwarzenegger and Cameron, following Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and True Lies. That's a pretty magical run.The three Avatar sequels are set to film simultaneously and then release one year after another starting in December of 2016.

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