Why? Why Make Another One???

Some movie franchises just need to be left alone.  The more you try to build them up, the worse they become.  Case in point?  Terminator.  Is this really the only thing that Arnold Schwarzenegger has to fall back on?  Not even the great James Cameron can save this series, but it sounds like that's what he's going to try and do.


Okay, look...the first two movies were the best that have been made for the franchise.  The third movie, well, why did they even bother?  It was the same old, same old.  Terminator: Salvation was a decent attempt, but it still fell flat.  In 2015 they tried to reboot the whole thing with Terminator: Genisys, however it bombed here in the states.  It did do well overseas, though, and this caused Paramount to reconsider a sequel to the film.  The rumors of a sixth Terminator film have been all over the place...first it was scrapped, then it was going to be made, then it was shelved, now it's back on.  And how does Paramount plan on saving this franchise?  By bringing back the man who started it all, James Cameron. It doesn't sound like Cameron will be directing it, which makes sense, since he's currently involved with three new Avatar sequels, but he will be producing it.  The director that was initially rumored to direct was Deadpool's Tim Miller, but no formal announcement has been made.


To be honest, the only thing that has really been confirmed is James Cameron wants to produce the movie, and that Schwarzenegger will appear in some form in the film.  Arnold was at the Cannes Film Festival and admitted that he'd talked with Cameron about the new movie.  He said:


“It is back. It is moving forward. He [Cameron] has some good ideas of how to continue with the franchise. I will be in the movie.”


It's way too early to say when the film will start production or even when it will be released, but when I hear something I'll let you know.  In my honest opinion, though, they should just leave well enough alone and just let it live on in DVD's and Blu-Ray's.