We’ve known for a while that James Cameron was beginning to express an interest in returning to The Terminator universe.
Cameron has already expressed interest in giving Deadpool director Tim Miller a stab at the franchise (here) once he gets the rights back in a year.
However, he has also now given us some more info on what exactly he wants to do with the franchise when he gets it back… and it’s bigger than we thought: “The question is — has the franchise run its course or can it be freshened up?,” Cameron ponders.
“Can it still have relevance now where so much of our world is catching up to what was science fiction in the first two films. We live in a world of predator drones and surveillance and big data and emergent AI (artificial intelligence).
“So I am in discussions with David Ellison, who is the current rights holder globally for the Terminator franchise and the rights in the US market revert to me under US copyright law in a year and a half so he and I are talking about what we can do. Right now we are leaning toward doing a three-film arc and reinventing it.
“We’ll put more meat on the bones if we get past the next couple of hurdles as and when we announce that.”
We’re guessing that Cameron is waiting for the 3D release of Terminator 2: Judgment Day to see how it performs and from there try to work out of there’s still a future for the franchise.
Interestingly, he has always seemed supportive of the increasingly dire sequels, however he has revealed that that was only because they starred his mate, Arnie: “I was supportive at the time in each case for Arnold’s sake because he is a close friend. He has been a mate of mine since 33 years ago so I was always supportive and never too negative. But they didn’t work for me for various reasons.”
Huh. Now THAT’S a mate.
But, seriously, a new Terminator trilogy with Cameron back in charge? That’ll do nicely…
Thoughts?
Source: News
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