Los Angeles: Bringing
in greater joy for fans worldwide, Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced that the sixth installment in the
Terminator franchise is on the way.
The
68-year-old Austrian-American actor, philanthropist and former Governor of
California said: "I am looking forward to it, absolutely," without
giving any further details on plot or release date.
The fifth installment in the franchise — Terminator Genisys,
which starred Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney, was planned as the
first of a trilogy of new Terminator movies. The
big-budget film received a lot of negative reviews and was a commercial flop as
it reportedly earned less than $ 100 million in North America, though it did
perform well in some other countries like China.
The
trilogy was thought to be cancelled after ‘Paramount’ removed the sixth film
from their release schedule. The sequel's original May 19, 2017 slot is now
filled by the Baywatch reboot,
starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Priyanka Chopra.
The Terminator franchise, most notably James Cameron's original
films, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, has had a significant impact on popular culture.
The Terminator has been selected for
preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as
being "Culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The
American Film Institute (AFI) has also recognized both films on a number of occasions:
the line “I’ll be back” from The
Terminator placed as the
37th-best movie quote, while “Hasta la Vista, baby” from Terminator 2 ranked 76th on the same list. ‘The Terminator’ character from The
Terminator was voted the
22nd-greatest villain; meanwhile, the T-800 (played by Schwarzenegger) in Terminator 2 was voted the 48th-greatest hero; this is the only
time the same character has appeared on the two opposing lists. Finally, Terminator 2:
Judgment Day ranked eighth on
AFI's top ten list in the science fiction genre.
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