Deluded MCG says he is directing more TERMINATOR movies
This despite news that the series will be in the hands of new owners by February 1st 2010, and 99.99999% chance he wouldn't be hired for them.
Either McG is grossly ill informed, or it's a case of absurd wishful thinking but nevertheless during a BD-Live chat for Terminator Salvation yesterday, the director who has had a real tough end of the decade (failure of TS, the failure to get a big movie off the ground at Disney) claimed he was still planning to helm the fifth and sixth installments of the Terminator franchise. Not only that but Sarah Connor would be making an appearance, and he repeated his previous intention of casting Robert Patrick to cameo as the scientist who becomes the model for the T-1000 terminator. This comes despite news from Variety last week that the auctioning off of the rights to the Terminator series is expected to be concluded by February 1st 2010, as part of the Halcyon Co's bankruptcy process. If all goes to plan, post that date, the new owners will have complete control of the future of the series and will then decide what direction they want to take with it (probably a full reboot) and it's extremely unlikely that McG would be in their plans. The trades said;
"Over the past few weeks, Halcyon and its professionals have engaged in in-depth discussions and negotiations with numerous serious potential buyers, including several major movie studios," Halcyon said. "In addition, a number of attractive refinancing alternatives have also been presented. In order to maximize the value of a transaction for all of the company's creditors and stakeholders, we are fully analyzing all these options."