TERMINATOR Director James Cameron Confirms New Movies Are In Development - But Fans Should Expect Big Changes

TERMINATOR Director James Cameron Confirms New Movies Are In Development - But Fans Should Expect Big Changes

James Cameron has follows-up his recent hint about a new Terminator project by confirming that the rage against the machines will continue on the big screen... with some major changes.

By MarkCassidy - Sep 20, 2024 10:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Terminator
Source: Via SFF Gazette

Following his recent "classified" tease, James Cameron has confirmed that new Terminator movies are in development.

Despite decent reviews, the last movie, Dark Fate, was the latest instalment in the franchise to underperform at the box office, and it was generally assumed that it'd be a very long time before we see the war against the machines continue on the big screen.

Many fans believed the saga would take a (possibly permanent) break in live-action, but Cameron recently revealed that he is developing a new Terminator project. 

The legendary filmmaker shared the surprising news while speaking to THR about Netflix's animated series, Terminator Zero.

"It looks interesting. My relationship to that is very much like The Sarah Connor Chronicles — other people spinning stories in a world I set in motion is interesting to me. What’s their takeaway? What intrigued them about it? Where are they going with it? It looks like they’re going back to the root cause of Judgment Day — the nuclear war — and whether that’s an ultimate timeline. I’d be curious to see what they’ve come up with. I’m working on my own Terminator stuff right now. It’s got nothing to do with that. Like with The Sarah Connor Chronicles, they occasionally touched on things I had been playing with completely independently. So there’s some curiosity there. It’s not a burning curiosity, but, obviously, it’d be nice to see it succeed."

"It’s totally classified," he added when asked for more details. "I don’t want to have to send out a potentially dangerous robotic agent if you were to talk about it, even retroactively."

Now, Cameron has decided to share a few details during an interview with Empire, and it sounds like these films will introduce an entirely new group of characters - which means no Sarah or John Connor, and possibly even brand-new takes on the Terminators themselves (bye-bye T-800).

“You’ve got powerless main characters, essentially, fighting for their lives, who get no support from existing power structures, and have to circumvent them but somehow maintain a moral compass. And then you throw AI into the mix. Those principles are sound principles for storytelling today, right? So I have no doubt that subsequent Terminator films will not only be possible, but they’ll kick ass. But this is the moment where you jettison all the specific iconography.”

“It’s more than a plan,” he added when asked if these new movies were in the planning stages. “That’s what we’re doing. That’s all I’ll say for right now.”

What do you make of this development? Let us know in the comments section, and check out Empire's 40th anniversary Terminator covers below.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 9/20/2024, 10:48 AM
after dark fate? no thank you.
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KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 9/20/2024, 3:21 PM
@harryba11zack - User Comment Image

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The1st
The1st - 9/20/2024, 5:21 PM
@harryba11zack - But with the reimagining Skynet's emergence will be more believable.

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TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/20/2024, 10:49 AM
Just don’t call it Anything that can be tied to low box office or rotten tomato score. Dark fate 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/20/2024, 11:03 AM
@TheWalkingCuban - what’s next “Terminator: Eternal Shame”
bobevanz
bobevanz - 9/20/2024, 10:49 AM
Oh helllllll no, this is something he can't fix
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/20/2024, 10:49 AM
This next one should have Ronnie Coleman, since technically he’s a cyborg now
Floke
Floke - 9/21/2024, 6:08 AM
@TheWalkingCuban - And they dont even have to send him back to the past. His mission can be to take down Dorian Yates during his yoga routikne.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/21/2024, 1:52 PM
@Floke - man he’ll do that for free right now LOL
Fogs
Fogs - 9/20/2024, 10:52 AM
Just make new stuff, ffs. Let this one die, should've ended long ago.
Toecutter
Toecutter - 9/20/2024, 10:53 AM
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No, but seriously, let this franchise rest until someone comes up with a good idea. Please.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 9/20/2024, 11:19 AM
@Toecutter - he didnt disclose much , so how do you know they aint working with a good idea?
Toecutter
Toecutter - 9/20/2024, 11:51 AM
@supermanrex - Obviously, my comment was a joke, but we haven't had anything good come out of this franchise since 1991, even in the projects that James Cameron has been involved with, so pardon my skepticism in believing anything good is to come.
ItsNotForMeWahh
ItsNotForMeWahh - 9/20/2024, 10:54 AM
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Ikusa
Ikusa - 9/20/2024, 10:55 AM
COMING IN 2027

THE TRANSINATOR
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 9/20/2024, 11:03 AM
@Ikusa - a cybernetic organism, living tissue over a metallic endoskeleton and mastectomy scars.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/20/2024, 11:09 AM
@Ryguy88 - definitely regenerative boob grenades
ItsNotForMeWahh
ItsNotForMeWahh - 9/20/2024, 11:10 AM
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TK420
TK420 - 9/20/2024, 12:26 PM
@Ikusa - "The gayest Terminator ever!".
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 9/20/2024, 10:55 AM
Can you imagine we got a low budget slasher. A guy like Myers or jason and at the end of the film you realize it was a t800 all along and you've been watching a Terminator film the whole time? That would be cool🫡
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 9/20/2024, 11:00 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - have you not seen the first Terminator?
Gambito
Gambito - 9/20/2024, 1:16 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - it would still be basically the first movie, running away from the T800
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 9/21/2024, 3:00 AM
@Ryguy88 -


I know but imagine if it's under another title and he wears a mask or something and you think it's a basic slasher film but towards the end of the film you find out you're watching a Terminator film.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 9/20/2024, 10:59 AM
It likely means we are done with the Arnold and Hamilton movies. Its probably for the best.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 9/20/2024, 11:23 AM
@Ryguy88 - Yep, Arnold is way too old. It would be best to focus on another element of the story. Maybe going back in time to kill the person who created the AI instead of the guy who led the resistance. Or focus on the future where the robots have already taken over and it becomes a huge war scene like what was alluded to in the opening of T2, but has never truly been depicted on screen as the main focus of a film.
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 9/20/2024, 11:40 AM
@Ryguy88 - neither of them should have ever returned after 2. It’s why Salvation and now Zero are the best things we’ve seen outside the original 2
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 9/20/2024, 11:42 AM
@Shivermetimbers - I'd love a movie set in the future again (but good this time) and in the aesthetic of Cameron's first 2 movies.
DarthNihilus
DarthNihilus - 9/20/2024, 11:25 AM
It needs to be rebooted from scratch with actualization of current technology.. the basis of 1980s don't work anymore.

The first movie should start around the 2030s and robots from 2070-2100
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 9/20/2024, 11:39 AM
@DarthNihilus - I think Termintor Zero showed it doesn’t need to be rebooted if they just tell a good story.
DarthNihilus
DarthNihilus - 9/20/2024, 4:34 PM
@Twenty23Three - true
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/20/2024, 11:31 AM

After it took Cameron almost 14 years to make an Avatard sequel (and he has 3 more of those he's working on) I'm not holding my breath.

He might not even live long enough to make more Terminator movies.
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 9/20/2024, 11:38 AM
From the dude who promoted Genisys and produced Dark Fate? Hard pass buddy.
zeon00
zeon00 - 9/20/2024, 6:31 PM
@Twenty23Three - Genisys storyline was great
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 9/21/2024, 12:17 PM
@zeon00 - the one where John Connor is a nanobot terminator, Sarah Connor was raised by a terminator and Kyle Reese can, I think remember things from different timelines or something? No disrespect but I’m going to have to agree to disagree with you on that one
zeon00
zeon00 - 9/21/2024, 4:23 PM
@Twenty23Three - James Cameron supported the movie and he even said he like the idea that John Connor was actually the real villain all along
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 9/21/2024, 4:43 PM
@zeon00 - yeah, which is exactly why I’m not interested in anymore Terminators with him involved
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 9/20/2024, 11:41 AM
Future War or nothing.
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 9/20/2024, 11:45 AM
Yes! Changes are good. Stop making the same movie over and over again.
Salvation was the only one that was different and I personally loved it.
wizio
wizio - 9/20/2024, 11:52 AM
heres my pitch:
Humans has won the battle against skynet but a bunch terminator jumped trough time hiding. a human is sent back to catch him before he messup.
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