After directing 1984’s The Terminator and its blockbuster 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day, James Cameron backed away from the franchise, and he wasn’t involved in 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise Against the Machines, the 2008 TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, 2009’s Terminator Salvation or last year’s Terminator Genisys.
It was always known that James Cameron would retain control of the franchise in 2019, 35 years after the original Terminator movie was released, which is why Paramount set up release dates for Terminator Genisys 2 (May 19, 2017) and Terminator Genisys 3 (June 29, 2018) before Terminator Genisys was even released.
With certain rights to the iconic Terminator franchise reverting back to Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day creator/director James Cameron in 2019, the filmmaker is prepping his return to the series.
Hopefully we’ll hear something official from James Cameron and Tim Miller about the development of this new Terminator movie.