2 after a bitter failure, one of the best futuristic sagas for a 7th movie?

Released in theaters on July 1, 2015, Terminator Genisys did not fare well with Souls and heralded the franchise’s downfall. Despite disappointing fans, the Alan Taylor-directed film grossed $440 million worldwide on a $155 million budget.

After that, Terminator Dark Fate, released on October 23, 2019, put the final nail in the coffin of the saga started by James Cameron in 1984. Directed by Tim Miller, the work brought together Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger in a tangled and far-fetched story that left fans reeling. With a budget of $185 million, the film ended up grossing only $261 million internationally. bitter failure.

Do you think the Genisys and Dark Fate fiascos sounded the death knell for the saga? No! At least we know Schwarz, 76, and Linda Hamilton, 66, aren’t coming back. “The franchise isn’t over, but I am”specified in the actor’s columns The Hollywood Reporter. For his part, James Cameron is not going to abandon his saga.

In May 2023, at the Tech Dell World conference, the director of Avatar made a surprising announcement. The director revealed that he is writing a new Terminator movie! However, he prefers to wait to see how artificial intelligence develops before proceeding with his script.

Artificial intelligence is a strong theme in the franchise, raising the issue of machine dominance over humans. In the wake of ChatGPT and company, James Cameron wants to explore this issue in a new Terminator opus.

Fascinated by these topics, the filmmaker recently made sensational statements on this topic. “I warned you in 1984 and you didn’t listen”, the Terminator creator chanted, warning against artificial intelligence, an issue also at the center of a strike in Hollywood. However, one wonders where a filmmaker will find the time to develop a project that is immersed in its sequel.Avatar: The Way of Water.

In turn, Arnold Schwarzenegger also expressed concern about this. “Today, everyone is afraid of where it will go. And in this movie, Terminator, we are talking about machines that are aware of themselves and they take over … Now, decades later, it has become a reality,” he said.

Note that an animated series based on the Terminator franchise is in development at Netflix starting in 2021. The project is being produced in partnership between Skydance, which owns the rights to the SF franchise, and Production IG, the legendary Japanese animation studio that brought us Ghost in the Shell. Screenwriter Mattson Tomlin (Batman) is directing the writing.

“This new animated series will explore the world of Terminator in a whole new way”Convinced John Derderian, Vice President of Animation Department at Netflix. At the moment there is no news about the project. We will definitely have to wait until the writers and actors strike that is currently paralyzing Hollywood is over.