With a ticking clock before some rights return to James Cameron, Terminator franchise owners Annapurna Pictures is trying to get a fifth movie into production as quick as possible, and with a desire to make as much money out of it as possible, there’s also talk of a new TV series.
Now it seems the title of the film may have been revealed, as Production Weekly tweeted, ‘Added prod. office info for Alan Taylors TERMINATOR: GENESIS and the indie LILA & EVE starring Viola Davis & @JLo’.
There are already a lot of people saying Terminator: Genesis is a very underwhelming title, so don’t be surprised if it changes, but that’s what seems to be the name at the moment. The movie should see Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the franchise, with a 2015 release planned.
On the TV series front, Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller (Thor, X-Men: First Class) have signed on to write a pilot script and executive produce, with Terminator 5 writers Patrick Lussier and Laeta Kalogridis also serving as executive producers.
The plot of the series will apparently follow a crucial moment from the original Terminator, taking the story in a completely different direction than the movie. The narratives of both the Terminator 5 movie and its subsequent sequels will be designed to intersect with the TV story line at some point in the future.
So it certainly seems we’re gonna get a lot of Terminator, but with Annpurna having paid a huge amount for the rights, it’s little wonder they’re trying to mine them.