McG Still Thinking He'll Direct 'Terminator' Sequels

The one thing that stood out to me about McG's direction of Terminator Salvation was how little flare he showed when it came to the story. The look of the film was terrific, the action was great, he mined quality action movie performances out of Sam Worthington and Moon Bloodgood, but I didn't think there was anything connecting all of it together. Even though he further derailed a franchise that needed an uptick after T3 and the fourth film essentially bankrupted its producers, McG believes he's still going to direct the fifth and sixth Terminator films. I'm sure the new owners of the franchise will have something to say about that, and the future of Terminator should become clear within a couple months. Still, McG participated in a BD-Live chat, providing commentary to a live stream of the film, and Gizmodo was there for the whole thing. Before Terminator Salvation was released, McG talked about his ideas for a fifth film, which were pretty cool, actually. But will he get the chance to make them a reality? Here's what he's got up his sleeve:

"They've figured out time travel to the degree where they can send more than one naked entity. So you're going to have hunter killers and transports and harvesters and everything arriving in our time and Connor fighting back with conventional military warfare." "I also think he's going to meet a scientist that's going to look a lot like present-day Robert Patrick [T-1000], talking about stem-cell research and how we can all live as idealized, younger versions of ourselves."

You should read the Gizmodo account of the live director's commentary. It's very entertaining, and it might reveal a thing or two about McG that you assumed but never knew for sure (namely, that he's a big, big fan of McG).