Terminator 5 is a Getting the Gang Back Together
Fri, April 29, 2011 
The thought of Arnold Schwarzenegger returning for a fifth Terminator reeked of desperation both on the part of man himself and filmmakers. But this new angle as supplied via Latino Review could be one Hell of a hook to getting people interested in the series again:
"Why bring this up? Because I have news. That's right, I'm going to bury the news almost 500 words into a rant about how much I like Terminator. Why? Because you deserve better than one-line of new information about a project that doesn't have a script yet. You deserve to know the context and why this little bit of information suddenly has me pro-Terminator 5.
Or should I say 'Terminator 2012' which is the title the pitch is going under right now. It involves time travel back to the present day, and - the exciting and mind-bending part of it all - is that it has the 'entire original cast' attached to it, not just Arnie.
Disclaimer time: This is from a real source, I'm not bullshitting you. I don't know what 'entire original cast' means, but it's safe to assume that AT LEAST means Linda Hamilton is coming back to re-establish herself as the face of Sarah Connor. At best, we somehow get Michael Biehn as some sort of old Kyle Reese...
...which is AMAZING."
So the argument made by producers and director Justin Lin will this would be the "true" sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and that's why everyone should care this time. It also explains to the hiring of Lin, who successfully took the same approach to Fast & Furious and this weekend's Fast Five. Like Terminator, that series suffered from a couple of installment without the core actors and the audience attendance dropped considerably.
This is an ingenious plan, truth be told, if they're able to secure everyone to return.
Reader Comments (3)
Hmm this sounds interesting I wonder how they wiill pull this together.
What about James Cameron? He's still a big missing link. I'm not sure about this.
I wonder if Earl Boen's DR. Silberman is also back...maybe Bill Paxton's punk ("Nice night for a walk, eh?')
Good luck to them getting Paul Winfield (passed on for years now)
Hey, they did say 'the entire original cast' didn't they?
This pitch isn't that new. Remember McG's idea for a follow up to Salvation if he had the chance to do it? Something about Skynet going all out and messing with the timeline again? The Terminator show did that already (and altered a rulebook at that, for jumping into the future)
I'd much rather them stop now. I think if they ended the series at Salvation a FutureWar story and/or elements from SCC, then that's fine. The masses who stupidly begged for a FutureWar film got it (even though it was, overall, not needed = and made a huge error in the narrative, mentioning things to an audience that the fans would know but "Skynet" would not)
I'd much rather see Arnold be back for a walk on in the Total Recall remake, or better yet, for the love of God, somebody make Twins 2!