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Terminator
franchise set for new trilogy: Hollywood blockbuster
franchise will help reboot Arnold
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Terminator
movie franchise set for new trilogy: Hollywood blockbuster
franchise will help reboot Arnold Schwarzenegger...
The
Terminator sci-fi action franchise is set to be rebooted
for a new trilogy of films.
Studio
executives at Paramount Pictures have decided to give
the original movies, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger
as the futuristic robot character, a modern makeover,
with the first instalment expected to hit cinemas
in July, 2015.
The
Hollywood action man led the cast for three films
from 1984's Terminator to 2003's Terminator 3: Rise
of the Machines, and featured as a CGI (computer-generated
imagery) image in Terminator Salvation in 2009, and
it appears he will be back for the remakes.
During
a recent speech at the 21st Century Financial Education
Summit in Sydney, Australia, he said, "I'm very
happy that the studios want me to be in Terminator
5 and to star as the Terminator, which we start shooting
in January."
Paramount
bosses have yet to officially announce details of
the new deal with Schwarzenegger.
Screenwriters Laeta Kalorgridis and Patrick Lussier
have been hired to come up with the new plot, while
rumors suggest Fast Five filmmaker Justin Lin is in
talks to direct.
Rumor
has it that pro wrestler come Hollywood god, Dwayne
“The Rock” Johnson, is set to star alongside
Schwarzenegger in what some Hollywood commentators
are pointing to as some kind of "passing of the
torch". Stay tuned for more on that.
News...
Hollywood
movie sequels to look forward to...
Independence Day 2 and 3 / ID Forever (2015) - Independence
Day is the highest grossing film of 1996, earning
over $100 million during its first week. Almost two
decades after the original, a sequel has finally been
confirmed for release on July 3, 2015. Roland Emmerich
is returning as director and has confirmed that Jeff
Goldblum will reprise his role as David Levison .
Bill Pullman is also likely to return. However, Will
Smith is apparently "too expensive" for
the sequel and will not be returning.
Dumb & Dumber To (2014) - The 1994 goofball comedy
starring Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels chronicles the
cross-country adventures of two unintelligent, but
good-hearted, best friends. The movies writer and
director, Peter Farrelly, announced in June 2013 via
The Nerdist that Dumb & Dumber To is officially
happening, with both Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels confirmed
to reprise their roles. Filming will commence in late
summer 2013 in Atlanta, GA with an expected summer
2014 release. Farrelly did not disclose plot details
but to confirm that the film will pick up 20 years
after we last saw Lloyd and Harry.
Ghostbusters 3 (TBA) - The 1984 film starring Bill
Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, and Harold Ramis
quickly became a cultural phenomenon with a 1989 movie
sequel and two animated television series. Almost
30 years after the original movie release, rumors
of a third feature film are still swirling. Dan Akyroyd
discussed the plot of the third Ghostbusters film
with Larry King in May 2013, explaining: "Basically
there’s research being done that I can say that
the world or the dimension that we live in, our four
planes of existence, length, height, width and time,
become threatened by some of the research that’s
being done. Ghostbusters – new Ghostbusters –
have to come and solve the problem.” Rick Moranis
talked to Empire Online about Ghostbusters 3 in June
2013, admitted that he would be willing to return
if the story was good enough, stating "I wouldn't
not do it, but it's got to be good."
Jurassic Park 4 (2015) - The first Jurassic Park film
hit theatres in 1993, has grossed over $400 million
in North America, and has already produced two successful
sequels: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and
Jurassic Park III (2001). Speculation of a fourth
film in the sci-fi series has abounded for over a
decade. In January 2013, Universal confirmed Jurassic
Park 4 and announced a June 13, 2014 release date.
However, in May 2013 the 2014 release date was pushed
back indefinitely. As of June 2013, Variety is reporting
a delay to 2015 release. Plot rumors abound and an
unconfirmed leak reveals the film picks up on present
day Isla Nublar, which is now a dinosaur theme park
(think Sea World). Everything is fine, until it is
not and once again dinosaurs are wild human killing
machines. The studio has not confirmed any details
regarding plot.
Men In Black 4 (TBA) - Men In Black 3 grossed over
$624 million and became the highest grossing film
in the MIB series after it was released in 2012. Fresh
off the success of number 3, Sony Pictures appears
to be serious about a fourth instalment with Oren
Uziel linked as screenwriter. However, Will Smith
seems reluctant about doing another film in the series,
"I think three is enough for me. Three of anything
is enough. We’ll look at it, and consider it,
but it feels like it might be time to let someone
else do that.”
M:I5 (2015) - There are already 4 Mission Impossible
movies, with 2012's fourth film, Ghost Protocol, the
most successful film from the series thus far. On
May 24, 2013, Deadline Hollywood reported that Tom
Cruise exited a project, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,
in order to focus on Mission: Impossible 5. M:I5 is
expected to begin shooting in late 2013, with a projected
2015 release.
Top Gun 2 (TBA) - A sequel to the 1986 blockbuster
staring Tom Cruise is looking more and more likely.
Prior to the death of the film's director, Tony Scott,
the filmmaker was said to be actively involved in
a sequel. Plans appeared to be halted following Scott's
death; however, at the 2013 Produced By conference,
Top Gun producer Jerry Bruckheimer assured fans that
a sequel was still on the table. “For 30 years
we’ve been trying to make a sequel and we’re
not going to stop. We still want to do it with Tom
[Cruise] and Paramount are still interested in making
it.”
Beetlejuice 2 (TBA) - The 1988 Tim Burton comedy horror
film spawned an animated series and an unproduced
film sequel Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian. In 2011 Seth
Grahame-Smith (Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Abraham
Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) signed on as a writer and
producer to a proposed Beetlejuice 2. None of the
original cast or director, Tim Burton, have been confirmed
to return. Although he has some hesitation, Burton
told Vulture that he would consider a sequel if the
script was worth doing.
Bill and Ted 2 (TBA) - Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
have been open about a third Bill & Ted adventure,
with Reeves revealing in a May 2013 interview that:
"I’ve seen bits and pieces of a script and
it looks good." Alex Winter discussed with The
Nerdist in June 2013 that, although the movie is near
and dear to the hearts of Reeves, Winter, and writers
Chris Mathson and Ed Solomon, the project is still
in development and a release date is uncertain. "You
asked for it, and now you’re on the ride. Sit
back and enjoy the ride. That’s right —
it goes up. It goes down. We’re making it. Then
we’re not. It’s these guys. Then it’s
those guys. Welcome to the movie business. So maybe
we’ll make it one day. Hopefully."
Austin Powers 4 (TBA) - Austin Powers : International
Man of Mystery hit theatres in 1997, following the
too groovy 1960's secret agent, Austin Powers, as
he is cryogenically unfrozen in the 1990's to stop
madman Dr. Evil. The film, written by and starring
Mike Myers as both Austin Powers and Dr. Evil, has
already spawned two successful sequels, Austin Powers
: the Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers
in Goldmember (2002). Rumors of a fourth film have
been tossed around for years, but in 2011 Mike Myers
officially signed on to return. Director Jay Roach
talked to MTV News in 2012 about the project explaining
that it will happen "when it's exactly right."
Websites
Paramount
Pictures official website
www.paramount.com
Arnold Schwarzenegger official website
www.schwarzenegger.com
Media Man Int
www.mediamanint.com
Media Man
www.mediaman.com.au
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