While director McG's new film hasn't hit theaters yet, he's already talking about the sequel.
Film Journal recently spoke to McG who revealed some interesting tidbits about a sequel to his upcoming film,
Terminator Salvation, including that the second film might take place before Judgment Day as well.
"I strongly suspect the next movie is going to take place in a [pre-Judgment Day] 2011," McG reveals. "John Connor is going to travel back in time and he's going to have to galvanize the militaries of the world for an impending Skynet invasion. They've figured out time travel to the degree where they can send more than one naked entity. So you're going to have hunter killers and transports and harvesters and everything arriving in our time and Connor fighting back with conventional military warfare, which I think is going to be fucking awesome. I also think he's going to meet a scientist that's going to look a lot like present-day Robert Patrick [who famously played the T-1000 in
Terminator 2: Judgement Day], talking about stem-cell research and how we can all live as idealized, younger versions of ourselves."
to read more of what McG had to say about the film and the franchise's future.
Terminator Salvation opens on May 21.
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Another weak point of the first 2 movies is having set Judgment Day to 1997, when after 10+ years we still don't have anything remotely intelligent like Skynet.
The Terminator franchise needed a complete reinvention, not a requel.
That doesn't make any sense.
Robert Patrick returning as a 50-year old scientist isn't a bad idea at all. Heck, maybe we can get to see how he uses the stem-cell research on himself to create a younger version, which in turn SkyNet will use to create their T-1000 prototype with. Ithink that is the direction that McG is going with. Especially since we're gonna see the origin of the T-800 in "Salvation."
Bringing back Robert Patrick as a scientist, wasn't he the liquid man in T2.
And will adult John connor run into his younger self?
This seems like an interesting concept, but it seems like its going to get really complicated for auidences if they take it in this direction.
This sounds like the kind of story only a hardcore teminator fan would understand, which would end in the film getting blasted for its over-complicated and complexed storyline leaving the auidence dumbfolded.
I heard about the Robert Patrick thing before and that sounds interesting. But enough time travel from the future to our present! IT'S SO DONE! TOO MUCH!!!! Have some respect for the material! Stop trying to reinvent everything! Because when you do that it almost always sucks! Yes...you know what I'm talking about!!!
Despite the original ending for "Terminator Salvation" that leaked online (which was pretty damned awful!), I'm still hoping this new movie will steer the franchise away from the crap of "Terminator 3" and back on track, respecting James Cameron's vision.
This is the last movie I'm counting on of the summer 2009 releases. As I continue to state, I have faith in McG and I have faith that "Terminator Salvation" can be really great.