What's Playing have some possible news on the still not definitely happening Terminator 5. This movie was supposed to mark the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger to the franchise, but his recent "troubles" were thought to have brought any return to the big screen to a screeching halt. Well, maybe not. The site also reveal that fast Five director Justin Lin is still on board and that rights holder Megan Ellison is still determined to get the movie made. There is also the possibility of a JJ Abrams' Star Trek style reboot. Here is an excerpt from their report..
While Schwarzenegger may not be yet ready to return to film, considering recent events, and has temporarily put his Terminator reprise on hold, Ellison and are still keen to get going on the movie.
From the sounds of things, the big guy does have a fairly substantial role in the new story - which is said to involve that original timeline being torn, again - but this Terminator would mostly be anchored by a new, younger male lead (Paul Walker’s name keeps coming up - could he possibly be Lin’s pick for Kyle Reese?).
Oh, and I think that’s where the rumors of the ‘original cast returning’ come into play - though it’s not so much the original cast as it is ‘the original characters’ from the original movie. Geddit? Like J.J’s Star Trek. What may happen, I’m told, is the creative crew might lessen Schwarzenegger’s screentime in this movie, so it’s less work and less of a commitment for him and thus, it’ll be easier to talk the big guy into doing something this year - - as opposed to whatever year he feels he’s ready to return to acting.
If accurate, pretty interesting..except for the Paul Walker bit..and the Justin Lin bit. Ah, yeah actually I don't have very high hopes for this. I actually enjoyed
Terminator Salvation for what it was, granted what it was was not a good enough Terminator movie, but it was entertaining. Is there any way a 5th installment could really get things back on track with this type of rebooting? What do you think?
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