More details are emerging about the forthcoming fifth "Terminator" film, which according to reports is set to star Arnold Schwarzenegger and be directed by Justin Lin ("Fast Five").
Deadline reported last week that Pacificor, which bought the rights to the franchise in a bankruptcy auction in February 2010, was shopping the project around with the actor and director attached.
Lin revealed in an interview with MTV Wednesday that the new film may disregard the third and fourth films, "Rise of the Machines" and "Salvation."
"I always feel like what's great about the 'Terminator' franchise is that there's time-travel and there are different timelines to play with," Lin told MTV's Movies Blog. "There are also a lot of gaps from what we love about all of the 'Terminator' movies, so there's a lot of things we can do and play with.
"But obviously, answering your question, ['Terminator'] does have that capability, finding fresh ways of going back without destroying other [movies], because you can tell your own stories."
I"m not sure how I feel about this. For one, it's hard to pretend certain movies in a franchise suddenly do not exist (I'm looking at you "Star Trek: Nemesis"). "Superman Returns" tried that trick by picking up at the end of "Superman II" and it didn't work out too well, with the studio now rebooting the entire franchise.
There were similar rumors about "Salvation" and how true it would stick to the existing canon. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it did. I'm a sucker for continuity and I liked how they managed to tie the past and future together, or at least begin that process. One has to remember that "Salvation" was originally intended to be the first in a trilogy, so we really don't know what direction they were planning to take the story.
The biggest problem with "Salvation" was they entered a realm that I don't think James Cameron, when he wrote and directed the first two films, ever thought he'd ever have to show. John Conner being raised to be humanity's salvation is great when he's a kid, but when he has to grow up, become Christian Bale and try to convince everybody else that his mother told him he'd save the world, it's hard to pull off.
Lin said in the MTV interview he should know in the next three to four weeks how his upcoming schedule is going to shake out between this project and the eventual "Fast Six."
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| "Terminator Salvation" hit theaters in 2009. |
Lin revealed in an interview with MTV Wednesday that the new film may disregard the third and fourth films, "Rise of the Machines" and "Salvation."
"I always feel like what's great about the 'Terminator' franchise is that there's time-travel and there are different timelines to play with," Lin told MTV's Movies Blog. "There are also a lot of gaps from what we love about all of the 'Terminator' movies, so there's a lot of things we can do and play with.
"But obviously, answering your question, ['Terminator'] does have that capability, finding fresh ways of going back without destroying other [movies], because you can tell your own stories."
I"m not sure how I feel about this. For one, it's hard to pretend certain movies in a franchise suddenly do not exist (I'm looking at you "Star Trek: Nemesis"). "Superman Returns" tried that trick by picking up at the end of "Superman II" and it didn't work out too well, with the studio now rebooting the entire franchise.
There were similar rumors about "Salvation" and how true it would stick to the existing canon. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it did. I'm a sucker for continuity and I liked how they managed to tie the past and future together, or at least begin that process. One has to remember that "Salvation" was originally intended to be the first in a trilogy, so we really don't know what direction they were planning to take the story.
The biggest problem with "Salvation" was they entered a realm that I don't think James Cameron, when he wrote and directed the first two films, ever thought he'd ever have to show. John Conner being raised to be humanity's salvation is great when he's a kid, but when he has to grow up, become Christian Bale and try to convince everybody else that his mother told him he'd save the world, it's hard to pull off.
Lin said in the MTV interview he should know in the next three to four weeks how his upcoming schedule is going to shake out between this project and the eventual "Fast Six."
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