Thursday, April 28, 2011

He's Back! Arnold attached to New Terminator Project!

Terminator 5

You cannot even imagine how excited I am.

It's difficult being a true Terminator fan. Mostly because after a new movie comes out, you have no idea whether or not there will actually be another one although they always claim there will be.

Well it has been announced that a new Terminator project is in the works and Arnold Schwarzenegger is attached to it! Now the term "project" is vague and I CANNOT find a reliable news outlet (CNN, ABC, etc.) that says that it is in fact the fifth film in the series. Many independent news stories claim that it is in fact the fifth film. Regardless, the Fast and the Furious 3, 4, & 5 director Justin Lin is attached to direct.

The film has yet to find a studio to back it and a screenwriter to… well… write the film. Universal, Sony and Lionsgate, and CBS Films are interested in purchasing the rights to the film.

The reason that it usually takes so long to push out Terminator movies is because the rights to the films keep being thrown around. First this company has them, then another buys them, then they go bankrupt, then they're auctioned out to another company… it's a never-ending, irritating cycle. All I have to say is they need to make the slated fifth and sixth films soon and if Arnold is willing to make a comeback then I say go for it… as long as they're good! The original creator of the series and the director of Terminator 1 and 2 will be getting the rights to the films back in 2018 regardless where they are and what he will do with them I am unsure. He didn't support Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines or Terminator Salvation, but said that Salvation was entertaining.

All I'm asking is that they make the fifth and sixth films and make them live up to the Terminator name. With Arnold coming back, this is a huge opportunity to do it right!

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