New Details On TERMINATOR 6 Story And Setting Revealed; Previous Movies Were "A Bad Dream"

New Details On TERMINATOR 6 Story And Setting Revealed; Previous Movies Were "A Bad Dream"

James Cameron and Tim Miller shed some light on what's to come in their Terminator movie, including the setting, new and returning cast members, and how they'll shake the franchise up for a new generation.

By JoshWilding - Sep 27, 2017 11:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Terminator
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
After the travesty that was Terminator Genisys, you'd be forgiven for thinking that James Cameron would be happy to leave the franchise he started to die. However, now he has the rights back, the filmmaker is teaming with Deadpool director Tim Miller to bring a new instalment to the big screen but this won't be Terminator 6; instead, it sounds like it will, in fact, be part three of the original trilogy.

Asked what direction the movie is heading in during a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, Cameron revealed that it continues the story which he began and that it's definitely going to be unique.

 
"This is a continuation of the story from Terminator 1 and Terminator 2. And we're pretending the other films were a bad dream. Or an alternate timeline, which is permissible in our multi-verse. This was really driven more by [Tim] than anybody, surprisingly, because I came in pretty agnostic about where we took it. The only thing I insisted on was that we somehow revamp it and reinvent it for the 21st century."

As for whether the plan is to bring in some new actors who will join the now much older Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, Cameron indicates that this new Terminator movie will set the stage for a fresh wave of movies similar to what's happened with Star Wars and its younger cast.
 
"A lot of this is handing off the baton to a new generation of characters. We're starting a search for an 18-something young woman to essentially be the new centerpiece of these stories. And then a number of other characters around her and characters from the future. We still fold time in the story in intriguing ways. But we have Arnold's character and Linda's character to anchor it. Somewhere across there, and I won't say where, the baton gets passed, so to speak."

The trade then put it to Cameron that Arnie will be 71 when the movie starts shooting and he was quick to offer an explanation for that; just like in Terminator Genisys, the flesh over the metal endo-skeleton ages! Miller, however, went a little more in-depth and hinted at a T-800 that's breaking down. 
 
"I haven’t talked to Arnold about this so I could get in trouble. But because he’s been in all the other movies — unlike Linda — I do think there needs to be a reason to be different here. I like my sci-fi grounded. I like my characters grounded. And what Jim said about the exterior aging while the interior remains the same — well, not the interior, as in the brain, as emotionally and intellectually he will have evolved. They’re learning machines. But that’s a way to make it different than it was. Even in Genisys, he looked — I should stop — he was a slightly gussied-up version of the old Terminator. I think we should embrace his age. And that’s what’s going to make it interesting and fresh for the fans."

That sounds like a vastly more interesting approach and better than what happened the last time Schwarzenegger played the iconic character. What do you guys think? Share your thoughts below. 

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ConnorHawkeye
ConnorHawkeye - 9/27/2017, 11:24 AM
As for the terminator, keep arnie in, but keep him as the template for the previous terminator models, introduce a conceot if how they now genetically modified the human tissue to look like a different person
ConnorHawkeye
ConnorHawkeye - 9/27/2017, 11:28 AM
@ConnorHawkeye - so bring in someone like arnies son, joseh boyena, or hell, someone with the sheer star power like the rock or chris pratt, as the new template for the terminators

As for the lead, make it a band of misfits, I really like the idea of a bunch of misfits having to lead the resistance. Have the opening be a scene where the entire resistance is destroyed, john connor dies in an explosion, and these people have to rewrite time as they are the last hope
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 9/27/2017, 11:41 AM
@ConnorHawkeye -

Just so happy to see the return of Linda Hamilton, for me the story of the Connors has always been more interesting than the Terminator themselves, and Sarah the most important as the mother of it all.
She has had the most interesting arc with the first two, especially with her becoming almost Terminator-esque with the attempted assassination of Dyson, albeit with good intentions.

While I've been burned by T3, Salvation and Genisys, I have hope for this one.
Cannot wait for some more of Sarah.


ConnorHawkeye
ConnorHawkeye - 9/27/2017, 3:58 PM
@SimplyAz - true it was am interesting arc
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 9/27/2017, 10:29 PM
@ConnorHawkeye - I dont know why all of the T-800s need to look lile Arnold. In Terminator 1, Kyle had a flashback to the future where a non-Arnold T-800 sieged his base with a minigun.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 9/27/2017, 11:24 AM
I really don't like the sound of this...
Buckster10
Buckster10 - 9/27/2017, 11:41 AM
@kylo0607 - No John Conner, no sale!
Gunslinger
Gunslinger - 9/27/2017, 12:40 PM
@kylo0607 -

For all you kids that don’t know what this means... Terminator 6 will be based on 80s show Dallas!
tb86
tb86 - 9/27/2017, 11:26 AM
Just keep Jai Courtney and Emilia Clarke away from it.
Pantherpool
Pantherpool - 9/27/2017, 11:28 AM
Super hyped for this! Can't wait!

Said no one ever.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 9/27/2017, 11:28 AM
Wow, we are getting a new Terminator movie far earlier than I expected. Fine by me. I want to see it. Too bad though that I never got the great trilogy starring John Conner set during the war.

And Michelle Williams in talks to join Venom? Dang they really going all out on that thing, some world class acting talent they are assembling, she's one of the best actresses on the planet.
Forthas
Forthas - 9/27/2017, 11:29 AM
This is EXACTLY what the DCEU should do. Go back to Man of Steel and pretend everything after never happened.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 9/27/2017, 11:29 AM
"Sarah Connor...we're back."
You did say Star Wars.
McGee
McGee - 9/27/2017, 11:30 AM
Forthas
Forthas - 9/27/2017, 11:31 AM
Margot Robbie (Sarah Connor)


Chris Pine (Kyle Reese)


Joe Manganiello (Terminator)


Patrick Wilson (John Connor)
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