James Cameron has reportedly begun work on a return to his once-iconic Terminator franchise, but is waiting to see how real-world tech develops.
According to
Dark Horizons and
Rod Mercado on Twitter, James Cameron has begun the writing process that could lead to the next film in the
Terminator franchise. The outlet referenced an appearance that Cameron made recently at a Dell Technologies conference where he reportedly revealed that he began the writing process on the next film some three months ago, but paused because he wants to see how artificial intelligence plays out in the real world before he finishes.
The story hasnāt been covered widely elsewhere, and given Cameronās commitment to several
Avatar sequels for 20th Century Studios, we donāt imagine that a new
Terminator film is coming anytime soon. The reveal also raises an older question of where the rights to the series will lie in the future as a couple of years back, Cameron and producer Gale Ann Hurd were reported to be looking to reclaim them under the copyright reversion act.
Cameron is said to have stated that heās paused work on the screenplay to see how artificial intelligence āshakes outā in the real world. The filmmaker has previously gone on record to state that he things the emerging technology has already advanced too far, so weāre guessing that whatever his story idea for a new
Terminator film might be, it wonāt have a happy ending. Or beginning or middle for that matter.
Given
Terminator: Dark Fate's well, dark fate when Tim Millerās movie disappointed upon release in 2019 and lost money at the box office, we canāt see Cameron being keen to hand over the directorial reins to another filmmaker again and so any new
Terminator project may just remain as a thought experiment that lives inside James Cameronās head, for the time being at least.
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