James Cameron reveals his plans for the next film after Avatar: Fire and Ashes.
Titanic director claimed that he plans to move on from Avatar with restart of Terminator.
“When the dust clears on Avatar in a few months, I’m really going to throw myself into it,” Cameron shared. “There are a lot of narrative problems to solve. The biggest one is, how can I stay ahead of what’s really happening enough to make it science fiction?”
“I’m working on it,” the Alien the filmmaker continued.
What came as a shock to fans of Terminator series is that this time the film will be made without its iconic star, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“I can safely say that he won’t be [in it]”, Cameron confirmed. “It’s time for a new generation of characters.
He mentioned it in 2019 Terminator: Dark Fate was intended as a fitting end to the actor’s decades-long run as the T-800.
Instead, Cameron envisions a broader reinvention of the franchise, focusing on themes such as artificial intelligence, time wars, and superintelligence.
The 71-year-old emphasized that the new film will not rely on nostalgic callbacks, but will push the story into uncharted territory.
The first film of the franchise came in 1984, after which it came Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), which was widely regarded as one of the greatest action films ever made.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation, Terminator Genisys, Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) followed the first two films.
