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Gabriel Luna is the new Terminator, Natalia Reyes joins cast

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James Cameron and director Tim Miller have found the next Terminator to plague Sarah and John Connor. According to Deadline, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D actor Gabriel Luna will be the new Terminator in the latest Terminator reboot. Luna starred as Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider in the fourth season of Marvel series. Additionally, Natalia Reyes (Lady, La Vendedora de Rosas) has joined […]

Why It’s Time To Give The Franchise Movie A Break

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Neil Calloway argues that sometimes a rest is a good as a change when it comes to franchises… I don’t care. I hope I’m not alone, but I do not care in the slightest whether Ben Affleck continues to be Batman or when the next Terminator movie is out. I’d rather they didn’t happen at […]

Tim Miller discusses his departure from Deadpool 2

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Back in October of last year came the somewhat surprising news that director Tim Miller had left the sequel to the smash hit superhero blockbuster Deadpool owing to creative differences with 20th Century Fox and producer and star Ryan Reynolds. Miller, who had been so instrumental in bringing the Merc with a Mouth to the […]

Why James Cameron is completely wrong on Wonder Woman

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Ricky Church on why James Cameron is wrong about Wonder Woman… James Cameron has been making a lot of headlines recently, but probably not for the reasons he’d like. He’s currently starting production on Avatar 2 and his ambitious sequels, as well as rebooting Terminator with Tim Miller directing returning stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda […]

Exclusive Interview – Screenwriter William Wisher on Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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Coinciding with the home-entertainment release of Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D, Flickering Myth’s Martin Carr chats with screenwriter William Wisher about the 1991 sci-fi action classic… Martin Carr: Hi William. How did you and James Cameron first meet and subsequently get involved with the Terminator franchise? William Wisher: Well the short version is I first […]

Linda Hamilton is returning to the Terminator franchise, new film a direct sequel to T2

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Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t the only one who will be back in Tim Miller’s The Terminator reboot. At a special screening of Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D in Los Angeles last night, Miller and franchise creator and producer James Cameron announced that Linda Hamilton, Sarah Connor herself, will be returning to reprise her role in the sequel/reboot. “As meaningful as […]

The Hunger Games screenwriter polishing Terminator 6 script

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With filming on the sixth instalment in the Terminator franchise slated to get underway in March, Variety is reporting that Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Captain Phillips) has been brought in to polish the script. The as-yet-untitled Terminator sequel/reboot is based on an idea from producer James Cameron, director Tim Miller and Skydance founder David […]

The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession

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Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]