The Terminator is coming back, just as he promised. After a ton of talk about the sixth installment in James Cameron’s Terminator franchise, the film has finally received a release date.
Terminator 6, which is currently untitled, will hit theaters on July 26, 2019.
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Cameron is aiming to get the franchise back to its roots with the upcoming film, as he’s producing the film himself. Tim Miller, who found success with the 2016 smash-hit Deadpool, will be directing Terminator 6.
Yeah, yeah, we know…you’ll be back. Paramount’s UNTITLED TERMINATOR PROJECT returns July 26, 2019.
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Fans of the franchise will enjoy the nostalgia factor accompanying the new movie, as two of the original stars have already confirmed a return to their roles. Both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton are set to appear in the film.
As far as the story goes, Terminator 6 will act as a sequel to Judgement Day, rather than the a continuation of the existing films. Cameron confirmed to THR that T6 will ignore the events of movies 3-5, exiling them to an alternate timeline of sorts.
“This is a continuation of the story from Terminator 1 and Terminator 2,” Cameron said. “And we’re pretending the other films were a bad dream. Or an alternate timeline, which is permissible in our multi-verse. This was really driven more by [Tim] than anybody, surprisingly, because I came in pretty agnostic about where we took it. The only thing I insisted on was that we somehow revamp it and reinvent it for the 21st century.”