McG Looks to Future, Sees Terminator 5 on Horizon

Posted by Adam Sweeney (adam@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 16, 2008

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Is Terminator: Salvation going to be any good? We don’t know but it looks like a fifth Terminator film  is in the works already.

McG, director of Terminator: Salvation, is working with Halcyon Co. to develop a fifth story for the Terminator franchise. There’s no word yet if he plans to have Destiny’s Child do a big dance number for the opening credits.

Halcyon Co., who acquired the rights to the Terminator story from C2 last year, envisions the re-boot as a trilogy. This looks like something that definitely could happen since Christian Bale has signed on for all three chapters.

Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek, who head up Halcyon, wanted to wait until after this Summer’s release of Terminator: Salvation to decide where to go with the next film. But the buzz surrounding the 4th film got the wheels spinning a bit in advance. “We feel the time is now to start shaping the next part of this,” Kubicek said.

The fifth Terminator film is currently slated to be released in 2011. I was really nervous about these films when I first heard McG was attached to them, but now I am starting to drink the Skynet Kool-Aid. You could maybe even make the argument that the Terminator franchise will be better without Arnold Schwarzenegger in it anymore. But let’s wait and see.


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  • Since Halcyon Co. has the rights to the Terminator Trilogies (including the TV series) is it possible we'll see Sarah Conner Lena Headley or Linda Hamilton to make a cameo on the movie as John goes back in time? Only if he does go back in time.
  • "You could maybe even make the argument that the Terminator franchise will be better without Arnold Schwarzenegger in it anymore."

    BITE YOUR TONGUE! Arnold MADE that role - there have been no better movie Terminators.
  • I will agree that we need to wait and see what the final project looks like.
  • Okay, let me clarify my statement. Terminator 2 is the Holy Grail of Terminator stories to me. Arnold kicks ass in it. But I'm not going to remove myself from the possibility that Christian Bale may knock it out of the park as John Connor. That'd be like saying, "Jack Nicholson IS The Joker," before seeing The Dark Knight. Give these films a chance and then we can decide.
  • Sorry I was so short at first - I post from work & had run out of time to respond intelligently. lol See, I'm not your typical chick - I don't like sappy romantic comedies, give me a good action flick any day. And Arnold is my favorite, so I get defensive when I think someone's slamming my boy. ;)

    Adam, I agree with you, T2 was the perfect ending to the story, and not just for Arnold, but he did do an amazing job. The problem is that it WAS an ending - it basically created a time loop bad enough to give a Gallifreyan a migraine. lol When I first heard T3 was being made, I knew it was a bad idea, and frankly the only halfway-decent scene in it was Arnold shutting himself down rather than kill John; Linda Hamilton was smart to stay out of it. I really am trying to be open-minded about this, but considering the travesty T3 turned out to be, it's not easy.
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