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Paramount Pictures in Talks for Distribution Rights to 'Terminator 5'
by Ethan Anderton
June 12, 2013
Source: The Wrap
Late last year, some hope for another sequel in the Terminator franchise surfaced when Megan Ellison, founder of Annapurna Pictures and daughter of Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, struck a deal to land the rights to the sci-fi series from Pacificorp. The deal closed after Megan brought in her brother David Ellison and his Skydance Productions banner to help out as a financial and creative partner. But the franchise still needed a new studio home. Now The Wrap reports Paramount Pictures is in talks to land the distribution rights to Terminator 5, which supposedly already has Arnold Schwarzenegger attached.
Paramount's involvement makes sense considering Skydance Productions already has a lucrative relationship with the studio with franchises like Star Trek from J.J. Abrams and G.I. Joe from Hasbro (which just signed up director Jon M. Chu to return for another sequel). As of now, we're not sure where this sequel will take the franchise, which has been struggling with sequels like Terminator: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation, but Avatar and Shutter Island writer Laeta Kalogridis and Drive Angry writer and director Patrick Lussier are scripting the sequel based on an idea from Skydance.
As for who might direct the film, there's a chance Fast & Furious 6 director Justin Lin could end up returning to the job. The director was once officially attached to the project, but Ellison intended to start production in December 2012, forcing him to depart the project in September 2011 in order to finish Universal's aforementioned blockbuster sequel. But The Wrap says he door open for a possible return if the project ended up being delayed. Lin directing the new Terminator movie would be pretty damn interesting, but we'll have to wait and see what really happens with the franchise.
8 Comments
1
Bring it. He will be back.
DAVIDPD on Jun 12, 2013
2
As long as its better than T4 I'm down with it
N. on Jun 12, 2013
3
As if its possible to be worse than Salvation.
Brian Sleider on Jun 12, 2013
4
That's what I'm thinking but knowing Hollywood it probably is possible!
N. on Jun 12, 2013
5
True, this is the city talking about making the grumpy cat meme a movie.
Brian Sleider on Jun 12, 2013
6
Hate to sound like a broken record, but: get rid of Schwarzenegger. Seriously. He's not only completely unnecessary at this point, he's also an obstacle for the franchise. The Terminator mythology (which is richer than anyone gives it credit for) will never be able to move on to fresh new territory if the producers insist on keeping Arnold as a selling point.
Ali Miller on Jun 12, 2013
7
Well, he said he'd be back and he meant it.
kLO on Jun 12, 2013
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they are going deeper in shit...3th was first stat of this
Bob on Jun 13, 2013
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