James Cameronwho in recent weeks has attracted the spotlight of the world of entertainment thanks to Avatar: The Water Sense, does not rule out reviving Terminator. Of course, the filmmaker is clear that, if he returns to the post-apocalyptic franchise, I would do it through reboot. That is to say, a complete restart instead of taking up the story that Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in for so long.
However, this does not guarantee that the fearsome T-800 will return to do its thing on the big screen. In an interview with the podcast SmartlessJames Cameron made it clear that while the idea is being discussed, nothing closed yet. Therefore, it will be a matter of waiting to see if it progresses favorably.
In addition, taking advantage of the fact that it would be a reboot instead of a continuation, James Cameron would approach the narrative in another way. Specifically, towards the side of the artificial intelligence. It is clear that the filmmaker knows current trends very well and can get on that train to promote the new Terminator. This also means that destroyer robots would take a backseat.
“If I had to make another film of Terminator and maybe try to launch the franchise again, which is under discussion but nothing has been decided, I would do a lot more on the AI side of things. than robots gone crazy,” said James Cameron.
The unfortunate current state of Terminator
The only problem James Cameron would have is that Terminator drags the bad opinions of his latest feature films, which were mostly bad. The director himself acknowledges that, at least in the case of Dark Fatethere was an internal creative dispute because, while he wanted to bring Arnold Schwarzenegger back, Tim Miller only wanted Linda Hamilton.
In the end, since neither of them could impose their idea, they opted for both actors. The result was more or less regular, but now it is evident that neither of the two filmmakers was able to fully capture his vision.
“I think the movie could have survived with just Linda. I think it could have survived with Arnold as well. But when you put Linda and Arnold in and then, well, you know, she’s 60-something, he’s 70-something, then suddenly it wasn’t you Terminator. It wasn’t even the movie Terminator of your dad, it was the Terminator from your grandfather. And we didn’t see that.”
James Cameron.
Beyond the unfortunate outcome that the most recent films of Terminatorwe would also have to consider another situation before imagining a reboot. James Cameron’s plan is to create more movies of Avatar after the sense of water. Consequently, we intuit that much of his time will be dedicated to this franchise. Assuming, of course, that the feature film currently in theaters turns out to be successful at the box office.
