The Terminator rights have been split before. Before 1997, Gale Anne Hurd owned half and a bunch of different other companies owned the rest, it just changed as the years went on. In 1997 Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna actually unified the rights after buying the stake from Carolco and Hurd’s half as well. Fast forward to 2007, when they sold the total package to Halcyon. But even with the success of Terminator: Salvation (which made over $370m worldwide), Halcyon still couldn’t pony up the dough that was borrowed from Pacificor to make the Terminator purchase. (By the way...Halcyon claims they just owe $4m to Pacificor, which claims it is owed $32m. But that's a story for a WHOLE other article...)
Because the Terminator rights are the most lucrative thing that Halcyon owns, they will now be the first thing they try to sell in order to cover the debt. Anderson and Kubicek are now saying that the rights are worth $60m, which is about twice what they paid a few years back to unify the franchise.
What makes this so weird, is that the Terminator series is one of the only big film series not owned by a major studio. But what if a studio such as Warner Bros. or Sony buys it? I think we all know our opinions there, as CBM fans. I mean, I'm sure there will be another Terminator movie, it's just a matter of now, or waiting even longer. Come on guys, Arnie won't live forever. What do you guys think? Will this be good or bad for the series?
