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Terminator Producers Go Bankrupt

Despite earning $370 million on Terminator Salvation (pre-DVD release), the owners of the rights to Terminator file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.







Hollywood accounting gives me a headache. I have a difficult enough time balancing my checkbook, so I can't even imagine how complicated it must be to produce a major motion picture. Apparently, it's even too complicated for the producers of Terminator Salvation, because they just declared bankruptcy, despite the fact that the May movie has earned more than $370 million at the box office.

Producers Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek, who jointly own the rights to Terminator, claim their investors pushed them into making bad business decisions and illegally placed a lien on their companies. The list of creditors for their three companies is long and includes Terminator Salvation director McG and star Christian Bale. The original Terminator, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is also named in the suit.

It is unclear what this means for the future of the Terminator franchise.
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Brent Sprecher
8/19/2009

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36 Comments

Wow! Skynet wins!!!!
SirPrize - 8/19/2009, 12:07 PM
lol @ Sirprize
DarthMulder - 8/19/2009, 12:11 PM
How can those guys be broke when the movie made that much money? Geez!
NataliaRomanov - 8/19/2009, 12:11 PM
@Brent:Can you put my AVP video game article on the front page?
Ozymandias - 8/19/2009, 12:11 PM
They got TERMINATED sucker!!! ; D

Hey hows this gonna effect the DVD release?????
LEEE777 - 8/19/2009, 12:11 PM
@Ozy: I don't do requests.
Brent Sprecher - 8/19/2009, 12:12 PM
TYLER @ Lol! ; D
LEEE777 - 8/19/2009, 12:13 PM
@LEEE: Oops!


Brent Sprecher - 8/19/2009, 12:14 PM
wow this is huge.
divo - 8/19/2009, 12:14 PM
Sucks to be them. Hey guys!!!! Check out my CBM users cast in DC movies in FAn Fic!!!!
TheCritic17 - 8/19/2009, 12:15 PM
How the hell did they go bankrupt?
Ozymandias - 8/19/2009, 12:15 PM
Lol
Fartman - 8/19/2009, 12:16 PM
@Critic:Already saw it.
Ozymandias - 8/19/2009, 12:16 PM
@Ozy: Apparently, they will have the money to pay their creditors, they just don't have it now and they're being pressured to pay up.
Brent Sprecher - 8/19/2009, 12:16 PM
@Ozy: Okay, there you go...
Brent Sprecher - 8/19/2009, 12:18 PM
So what could this mean for the future of the franchise?
Phinehas - 8/19/2009, 12:21 PM
@Brent:Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!
Ozymandias - 8/19/2009, 12:21 PM
?
GUNSMITH - 8/19/2009, 12:21 PM
@Phinehas: There are a number of possible outcomes, including:

1. The judge allows them the time to earn money from TS DVD sales/merch to pay off their creditors. [Likely]
2. The judge rules that they must immediately sell off their assets to pay their creditors, which means another company would control the rights to make Terminator movies.
3. The case is so complex that the Terminator rights are in limbo until the case gets resolved, which could take years.
Brent Sprecher - 8/19/2009, 12:24 PM
Sounds like they are scuttling thier company to get out from paying everyone else. They had 350M net and still are going bankrupt. They still owe Bale, Arnold and McG their share. I bet the DVD sales are going to be divided amongst the creditors. HMMM! F'ing Hollywood.
SirPrize - 8/19/2009, 12:25 PM
wow thats to bad
AvengingAngel1022 - 8/19/2009, 12:38 PM
BRENT @ ; D
LEEE777 - 8/19/2009, 1:19 PM
we will see what happens i guess.
grif - 8/19/2009, 2:33 PM
Terminator Salvation wasnt perfect but i still enjoyed it - if this means an endto the franchise the it'll be a real pity! still, ill be doing my part by buying the blu-ray, lol!! ;)
joshw24 - 8/19/2009, 2:52 PM
oh and, BRENT: is the 'Femme Fatale' poll really going to be the last!? ill really miss them if thats the case because commenting on news is nowhere near as fun as all the arguing and debates, lol!
joshw24 - 8/19/2009, 2:54 PM
wow...

That's nuts.
Michael Galusick - 8/19/2009, 3:12 PM
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If they had kept the tits in the movie and not done a [frick] up job cutting the scene out, I think the movie would have done better.

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Yohon Kalic - 8/19/2009, 4:48 PM
@ yohon - thats crazy talk. It would have had an R rating if that scene was in. That means they wouldnt have had all the ticket sales for kids 13-17, which is a huge chunk of the target audience for that movie. If it'd been R it would have hurt the box office earnings that much more.
dizzongster - 8/19/2009, 6:01 PM
i can only say L O L.........
Rumblebeast - 8/19/2009, 6:40 PM
I know this isn't the most mature thing to say, but...

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

That's what you get when you mess with the visions of brilliant men.
slimybug - 8/19/2009, 7:27 PM
god no more terminators god i think 4's enough
Marvel Rules - 8/19/2009, 7:57 PM
Oh McG you silly son of a bitch..
TeenIdol - 8/19/2009, 11:02 PM
@Natalia took the words right out of my mouth...
...What the blazes is goin' on here?!!
DDD - 8/20/2009, 12:38 AM
TERMINATOR- "I'll be back"

AUDIENCE- "Yeah about that, it doesn't seem like your goin to, but good try"
cbsmitty2 - 8/20/2009, 11:09 AM
glad there wont be a terminator 5. james needs to come back or give mcg directing lessons.
kyle dalton - 8/22/2009, 1:39 PM
So by the time they doooo come back? Bale wont want to be conner huh? uahaha. I guess we're going to have another john conner. and this time he sound even more different than bale.

Curse of john conner continuess....
Aiiwolf - 8/22/2009, 9:52 PM

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