Monday, June 6, 2011 at 5:44PM Justin Lin Wants to Give the 'Star Trek' Treatment to the Next 'Terminator'?

Oh Hollywood you never fail to amaze me anymore: Remaking classic films, ill-advised sequels, etc.
Today Fast Five director Justin Lin might have pulled an all time low, if the reported rumor from WhatsPlaying turns out to be true. The report has Lin not planning to reboot the Terminator franchise, but to instead take a page out of the Star Trek's book by using younger actors to make a essentially a newer version of Terminator Salvation.
And while this is only an interpretation of Lin's actual intentions for the film, a younger Kyle Reese was bascially the main plot point of Salvation. Don't expect to see any of the same actors either, more like a new cast and a totally different story line. The rights for the next two Terminator films are, as we pointed out in May property of Annapura Pictures now to do with as they please, which means Lin probably has total creative control in terms of what he wants to do with the next installment.
I assume going young will probably also eliminate Arnie from the equation or reduce his appearance to a cameo, which to me is the only blessing in disguise from this rumor. Of course, it's all speculation until an official annoucement is made.
It's a rumor for now, but let's play along...So which younger actors do you think Lin and Annapura should be looking at for the next Terminator?


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