'The Originals' Season 4 Release Date, News & Update: Klaus Mikaelson Hunted By Worst Villain Yet? Hayley Marshall, Mikaelsons Could Lose Baby Hope?

"The Originals" Season 4 packs punches with Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan) being hunted by a worse enemy than Marcel Gerard (Charles Michael Davis). Luckily, Hayley Marshall and an older Hope Mikaelson (Summer Fontana) may have found the key to saving the Mikaelsons, Elijah (Daniel Gillies), Kol (Nathaniel Buzolic) and Freya (Riley Voelkel).

TV Guide reports that an old enemy to Klaus Mikaelson will be the big bad of "The Originals" Season 4. Fresh off a stint with the Tunde Blade inflicted by Marcel Gerard in "The Originals" Season 3 finale, Klaus Mikaelson will have another enemy to face.

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  According to the media outlet, unwary Vincent Griffith (Yusuf Gatewood) will be the first "victim" of the "The Originals" Season 4 villain. Unless Klaus Mikaelson gets his act together straight-laced, morally firm Vincent Griffith may also become a casualty in "The Originals" Season 4.

TVLine reports that "Sleepy Hollow" actor Neil Jackson is joining "The Originals" Season 4 as vampire Alistair. "The Originals" Season 4 will reveal if Alistair is the enemy vampire who has a centuries old score to settle with Klaus Mikaelson or the new friend who helps the patriarch deal with the S4 big bad.

Hypable cites "The Originals" executive producer Michael Narducci in the revelation that Hayley Marshall and the Mikaelsons has to save grown up Hope and other New Orleans children from grave danger. The threat will hunt Hope and other children unless Hayley Marshall, the Mikaelsons and Marcel Gerard could uncover the secret that "The Originals" Season 4 hides.

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Allies will not be lacking in for Hayley Marshall, Klaus Mikaelson and the rest of the gang in "The Originals" Season 4. Parent Herald reports that "The Originals" Season 4 will lead Hayley Marshall to the seven packs in her quest to save the Mikaelsons.

Newcomer and hunted werewolf Keelin (Christina Moses) may be the key that Hayley Marshall needs in "The Originals" Season 4 to find the packs. If they seven werewolf packs and Keelin help Hayley Marshall and the Mikaelsons once, they might be persuaded to help with Hope as the dangers of "The Originals" Season 4 unfold.

The CW will air "The Originals" Season 4 premiere come the midseason of 2017. Which "The Originals" Season 4 character, returning or new, are looking forward to seeing again?