Arnold Schwarzenegger is done with the Terminator franchise

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is done with the Termiꦓnator franchise.

"The franchise is not done. I’m done. I got the message loud and clear that the world wants to move on with a different theme when it comes to The Terminator," Schwarzenegger told . "Someone has to come up with a great idea. The Terminator was la꧟rgely responsible for my success, so I always would look at it very fondly.

"The first three movies were great," he added. "Number four [Salvation] I was not in because I was governor. Then five [Genisys] and six [Dark Fate] didn’t close the deal as far as I’m concerned. We knew that ahead of t🌠ime because they were just not well wriꦆtten."

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was directed by Jonathan Mostow after original director 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:James Cameron dropped out, and made over $400 million at the global box office – giving Hollywood the go-ahead to continue the franchise. Arnie returned for Terminator: Genisys, another money maker, bu🅺t Tim Miller's Terminator: Dark Fate ignored the events of 3, 4, and 5, and effective⭕ly killed the franchise as a half-baked direct sequel to Terminator 2.

Though the sixth installment brought back stars Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, it lost over $122.6 million at the box office and effectively⛄ canceled any plans for future Terminator films.

"If I were to do another ‘Terminator’ film and maybe try to launch that franchise again, which is in discussion, but nothing has been decided, I would make it much more about the AI side of it than bad robots gone crazy," Cameron revealed on the , hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will A🔯rnett.

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