He’ll be back. And we aren’t going to have to wait all that long for it to happen. We’ve been hearing buzz aboutTerminatorcreatorJames Cameronworking on aTerminatorreboot in recent months, with a recent report from the director himself saying that there is a plan for a potential trilogy. Arnold Schwarzenegger also said that he is going to return and now he has reiterated that, as well as providing us with the news that the newTerminatormovie is going to shoot next year.
The news comes courtesy ofThe Playlistand according to their report,Arnold Schwarzenegger, who just turned 70, is going to once again take on his deadly android persona for what will beTerminator 6. The news came during an extensive interview in which the actor provided very brief updates on several projects, such as theTwinssequelTriplets, the newConanmovie and, most significantly, this newTerminatormovie. Here’s what he had to say about it.
“In March next year, I am shootingTerminator 6,' James Cameron and David Ellison are back on board and then comes a ‘Conan.”
There is quite a bit to unpack here even though Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t say much about it. For one, he calls itTerminator 6, which is in itself interesting.Terminator: Genisyswas a complete failure across the board, so it seems like the best way to press on would be a reboot of some kind. But is this going to continue theGenisysstoryline somehow? Or are they just going to use some complicated time travel plot line to reset things again? That remains to be seen, but Schwarzenegger’s presence is going to provide some connective tissue no matter what the case.
David Ellison is the man who currently holds the rights to theTerminatorfranchise, but the rights are set to revert back to James Cameron in 2019. By the sound of things, it seems like they are working together to make this newly proposedTerminatortrilogy happen. It was reported a few months ago thatDeadpooldirectorTim Milleris set to direct the newTerminatormovie. Sadly, Cameron is going to be up to his eyeballs directing not one but fourAvatarsequels over the next handful of years. So it is tough to even imagine he can be all that hands-on as a producer, but having him back with the franchise in any capacity can’t hurt.
It is worth noting that Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about stuff a lot that doesn’t always wind up happening. Case in point, theConanmovie he mentions is dead when writer Chris Morgan last updated everyone on it. And he has been talking about theTwinssequel for years. But with James Cameron and David Ellison both talking about theTerminator Rebootthis year as well, this seems very plausible. All we can do is hope that we finally get something that is worthy of the legacy left behind byTerminator 2: Judgement Day. If nothing else,T2is getting a 3D release next year, so we have that to look forward to.
