Despite a wave of negative reviews and a soft box office run Stateside, fans of Terminator Genisys were given a glimmer of hope that the two proposed sequels could become a reality thanks to a strong run in China, which has helped to propel the reboot towards $450 million worldwide. However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, producer […]
Terminator franchise “re-adjusting” after Terminator Genisys, says producer
Word broke last week that the Terminator franchise was on “indefinite hold” following Terminator Genisys’ somewhat lacklustre gross of $440million. However, it looks like those rumours may have been premature, with producer Dana Goldberg speaking to The Wrap on the series’ future. Speaking at The Wrap’s Annual Media Leadership Conference, Goldberg discussed the status of the planned sequels and […]
Terminator Genisys crosses $400 million worldwide
It may have stumbled at the North American box office with just $89.5 million, but Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ Terminator Genisys has pushed its worldwide gross to $409.5 million, topping the international box office for the second weekend in a row thanks to its continued strong performance in China. This weekend saw Genisys adding […]
How To Save The Terminator Franchise – Terminate The T-800
This week in The Callow Way, Neil Calloway looks at where Terminator Genisys went wrong, and suggests a new future for the franchise… With the latest instalment of the Terminator franchise, Terminator Genisys opening to less than stellar reviews and not so great box office – it debuted at third in the box office chart […]
New John Connor character profile for Terminator Genisys
Coinciding with its UK release today, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have debuted a new Terminator Genisys character profile for Jason Clarke’s John Connor, which you can watch below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Terminator Genisys here In the new installment of The Terminator series, John Connor, leader of the human resistance against Skynet, sends […]
Five Film Franchises on the Fence
Anghus Houvouras with five film franchises on the fence… In part one, we examined the worst film franchises passing through Hollywood like kidney stones wrapped in barbed wire. As we continue to look at examine the current state of film franchises that Hollywood has to offer, it felt like there were some that were neither […]
Bad Movies & Bad Content: There Has To Be Consequences
Samuel Brace on bad movies on bad content… There has to be consequences for making a bad movie. There just has to. Consequences for bad movies, bad TV shows, bad video games, whatever. If a studio produces a movie, a bad one, one that is below a certain standard, a standard that we are not […]
James Cameron to “godfather” Terminator reboot from Deadpool director Tim Miller
James Cameron may have spent the last few years of his career holed up developing those Avatar sequels he keeps promising are happening, but it looks like he’ll soon be going back to his roots. According to Deadline, Cameron will help shepherd in a reboot of The Terminator in 2019, with the help of Deadpool director Tim Miller. The project is being called […]
Jason Clarke reveals plot details for scrapped Terminator Genisys sequel
In 2015, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions looked to revive the Terminator franchise with Terminator Genisys, the first of a planned trilogy of movies rebooting the classic action sci-fi franchise. Their plans were scuppered however when Genisys failed to hit at the box office (outside of China, at least), prompting Paramount and Skydance Productions to […]
Diego Boneta joins new Terminator movie in key role
Scream Queens and Pretty Little Liars actor Diego Boneta has become the latest addition to the cast of Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ Terminator sequel/reboot. THR reports that Boneta has signed on for a key role, although details are being kept under wraps (it is said however that he’ll be portraying a human character). Boneta […]
