10 Movie Dreams That Died In 2019

6. James Cameron's Dream Of Revitalizing Terminator

Terminator Dark Fate Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton
Paramount Pictures

After the release of Terminator 2: Judgement Day in 1991, it must've been hard for James Cameron to watch his baby go through the wringer for the next 24 years, with Terminator 3, Terminator Salvation and Terminator Genisys receiving middling receptions at best, and severely tarnishing the brand at worst.

But every cloud has a silver lining, and after Genisys underperformed, daddy Cameron returned to the series that he created back in the '80s, joining 2019's Terminator: Dark Fate as a producer and story engineer.

Clearly saddened by the poor quality of the last three Terminator sequels, Cameron wanted to make the franchise great again, and so, decided to ignore everything that happened after T2, making Dark Fate a direct sequel to that film. The hope was that audiences would be more receptive of this new instalment given its close relationship to T2, and Cameron - confident that Dark Fate would work - even mapped out a trilogy.

However... things aren't looking too hot at the moment. Despite being a solid movie, Dark Fate has grossly underperformed at the box-office, likely signalling the end of the Terminator franchise on the big screen, at least for the next five years or so. And Cameron? He hasn't said a word. Shame!

Contributor
Contributor

Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!