James Cameron creator, director and co-writer of the first two instalments in the Terminator franchise, 1984's The Terminator and 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, recently attended a 30th anniversary screening of the first movie which launched the franchise, launched James Camerons career, launched the careers of many that worked on the movie, and created arguably Arnold Schwarzenggers most recognized movie persona. After the screening of the movie both Cameron and his ex-wife and the films producer Gale Anne Hurd were quizzed by the press that were present at the screening.
While Cameron, currently working on the Avatar sequels, stated to many that he wished the makers of Terminator: Genisys well with the franchise, the director mentioned to Empire that, depending upon how Genisys is perceived by the audience he may actually return to the franchise...
“I haven’t really thought that far ahead yet. I’ve got plenty of time to think about it. It might be fun to completely re-invent the franchise. A lot has to do with what happens in the meantime, people may have Terminator fatigue.”
In an interview at this summers SDCC (which we must apologize we completely missed - assuming it to be about the Walking Dead, which it is partly) the producer of the first two movies, Gale Anne Hurd (whom recieved a writers credit, despite that both scripts were only written by James Cameron and William Wisher Jr.) also made mention of her desire to return to the franchise...
To be able to direct The Terminator back in 1983 James Cameron sold the production rights to the Hemdale Film Corporation for $10, although he and his crew had to make the movie for a meager $6.4 Million. This was after Cameron had made an agreement with Brandywine Productions co-founder David Giler that he would write and direct the sequel to 1979's Alien. In 1990, Carolco Pictures acquired the Terminator production rights from Hemdale and approached Cameron for what would become Terminator 2. Yet, despite also releasing the T2 3D: Battle Across Time attraction, and mentioning that he had plans for a Terminator 3, James Cameron inevitably walked away from the franchise after the epic success of his 1997 movie Titanic (which ultimately allowed him early retirement).
The production rights for the Terminator revert back to Cameron in 2018, hence Paramount Pictures urgency to release a reset trilogy beforehand, at which point many fans have been led to believe he would just let the franchise gather dust; but it seems as the prospect of retaining ownership of probably his most creative property grows near Cameron and ex-wife "Gunner Gale" may be interested in actually bringing the Terminator back from the ashes!
