Producer Gale Anne Hurd Would ‘Love’ To Make Another ‘Terminator’
The Terminatorseries is responsible for one of my best, and worst, film going memories. The good one was back in the Summer of 1991 when my parents picked me up at camp and surprised me by driving to the Chester 6 Cinemas in Chester, New York for a matinee ofTerminator 2: Judgement Day. The surprise was awesome and the movie put it over the top. To this day,T2remains a favorite.
The flip side to that memory wasTerminator Salvation. Just the whole experience. Of courseTerminator: Rise of the Machineswas bad, but at least it didn’t completely forgo the tried and trueTerminatorformula while simultaneously bastardizing the films that came before it. As a hugeTerminatorfan, that was a blow.
So, whenGale Anne Hurd, who is currently producingThe Walking Deadand produced the first threeTerminatorfilms, says that she’s love to do another one, my reaction is mixed. Read more of her comments and share your thoughts after the break.
In an interview withEntertainment Weekly, Hurd discussedthe madnesssurrounding the rights to the series and said, if everything worked out, she’d love to do another one.
It’s very sad. You feel like you gave birth to something and it’s been adopted and those adoptions haven’t worked out. Of course I’d be interested in doing another one. I’d love it.
She’s talking, of course, of the fact thatTerminator Salvationwas produced by Halcyon,which went bankruptsoon after the film was released, thevery public bidding warforthe rights to the filmsearlier this year and theeventual purchase by Pacificor. Outside ofThe Hobbit, few other franchise films have found themselves so marred in red tape.
After the dud that wasTerminator Salvation, I’d definitely be open to a newTerminatorfilm, but with extreme caution. That film left a wound that doesn’t heal easily. McG talked up that movie so much, showed so much great footage but when it came to opening night,Salvationjust fell so flat that I’ve almost completely erased it from my mind. Though I did enjoy the first season ofThe Sarah Connor Chronicles(to me, that’sTerminator 3), now, I pretty much only think of theTerminatorfilms as two, perfect, James Cameron creations and that’s it. Of course, Gale Anne Hurd was a huge part of those too so with her back on board, maybe the franchise could come back once again.
Would you like to see anotherTerminatormovie? And are you as big aSalvationhater as I am?
