Sunday
14Dec2008
Wheels Already Turning on 'Terminator 5'
Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 10:56PM
While news of a fifth Terminator movie is no
surprise - what would be the point of doing the fourth one, which completes
nothing, if you don't continue with at least one more? - you may be surprised or
even disappointed to hear that
McG seems to be the director of record for that
film, too. 
Halcyon bosses Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek confess that they actually hadn't begun thinking of making a fifth film in the lucrative franchise until reaction to footage from the fourth, next summer's Terminator Salvation, was so positive.
"We feel the time is now to start shaping the next part of this," said Kubicek in Dubai. The company also announced that the new Terminator videogame would come out the same day as Salvation, May 22nd. Personally, I think McG is on his way to something really cool here. It's the first time we've seen the future in this series, at least for longer than a war-torn few minutes here and there. All the pics and trailers look appropriately grim, but there's still something new about it all. So, a tip of the hat, sir.
As for the fifth film, it's tentatively slated for a 2011 release and we can assume for now that it would also star Christian Bale. I don't know what they're thinking for a title or anything, but if they call it Terminator's Christmas Vacation or Terminator and Norah's Infinite Playlist, you heard it here first.
Colin Boyd | Permalink | in Christian Bale, McG, Sci-Fi, Sequels, Terminator | Print Article | Email Article | 1 Comment | Share Article
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How about "Terminator: Skynet Strikes Back"