9 Movie Sequels That Just Got Cancelled

3. Terminator: Dark Fate 2

Terminator Dark Fate
Skydance Media

Even though it's the best Terminator movie since 1991's Judgement Day, Dark Fate, frustratingly, just hasn't clicked with audiences.

Whether it's franchise fatigue, that opening scene, or something else entirely, we can't know for sure, but one thing that is certain is that any potential sequels now have a pretty dark fate of their own.

The movie is projected to lose upwards of $100 million for the financiers involved, which is nothing short of a disastrous result. Dark Fate was intended to kick-start a brand-new trilogy of films, but in light of the movie's performance, none of these additional entries are likely to happen.

Sources close to Skydance Media (who helped produce Dark Fate) told The Hollywood Reporter that "there are certainly no plans for another film at this point," while numerous industry analysts believe that the Terminator franchise has run its course.

We'll certainly see more Terminator stuff at some point in the future, but whatever form that takes, don't expect it to follow on from the current iteration of the series.

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