Paramount is betting big on the next Terminator film, Terminator Genisys. The movie opens just under a year from now, and yet Paramount is so sure that it’ll be a Denny’s Grand Slam of a success that they’ve already announced two sequels. As opposed to a Moon over My Hammy of a success, a grim fate to be avoided by all.
The Hollywood Reporter has the news, announcing the sequel dates and their working titles. Here’s what they’ve got:
Terminator 2: May 19, 2017
Terminator 3: June 29, 2018.
Note: This is not the Terminator who will rip your still-beating heart out of your chest. This is the one who’s in charge of sequel scheduling. Much friendlier.
As is to be expected from the tight spacing between those dates (running sequels back-to-back is hard work), the next two Terminators will be filming at the same time, claims THR.
And all of this comes with a fairly large caveat- if Terminator Genisys bombs, all Paramount’s sequel plans go kaput. Which, if you recall, happened the last time a Terminator pic was in theaters:
“If we have good fortune we have indeed planned out two more ‘Terminator’ pictures… There’s an arc of story [in the new sequels].”
That’s what McG told MTV just after directing the 2009 Terminator: Salvation. As you can guess, his fortune fell a little below “good.”
It might seem like this franchise is long past restarting, but there’s always hope. If Paramount can rekindle a fire under Schwarzenegger’s aged robot behind, I’m sure we’d all celebrate another Terminator that actually does justice to the first two.
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