Guess there's no school like the old school. After considering many options and perusing various scripts, former governator of KALI-FORN-YA Arnold Schwarzengger has decided to return to his roots and star in a fifth Terminator film according to Deadline.
While currently there is no script, Fast Five director Justin Lin is set to direct and Jumanji's Robert Cort will produce. Production company Pacificor purchased the rights after it went to bankruptcy auction for $29.5 million. Rumors (which are multiplying like Hunter Killer Drones) also suggest that there may in fact be two films that would bring the series to a conclusion.
The idea of any production company continuing with the Terminator franchise, let alone having Arnold Schwarzenegger star in it is more ridiculous than the ex-governor bringing out his Conan sword during budget meetings. (And yes HE ACTUALLY DID THAT.)
Look The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day are both iconic films entrenched in science fiction cinema lore. In my opinion you cannot write the history of science fiction cinema without those two films. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was decent but director McG's Terminator Salvation was an unmitigated disaster that bombed at the box office domestically. And now Pacificor wants Justin Lin to direct? As far as I'm concerned he's the Asian version of McG and that's not a complement. (Seriously how is it possible that there have been FIVE Fast and the Furious movies??!!! It's as inexplicable as Rebeca Black's singing career.)
And Arnie, buddy I love ya but you're 63 years old now. It's unrealistic to expect you to play an advanced killing machine who incidentally doesn't age. Is the studio going to go Tron: Legacy and have him digitally youthified (yes I just made that word up) in the next film(s)? I hope not because it looked awful in the last one.
Somebody needs to put a phased plasma pulse rifle in a 40 watt range to the head of this franchise and pull the trigger. Twice.
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