Schwarzenegger: New Terminator Will Move Away From Complicated Timelines
Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in the role that made him famous (no, not Hercules) and he’s been chatting about the massive course correction the franchise is about to undertake.
Speaking to Business Insider (via IGN), Schwarzenegger, along with James Cameron and Deadpool's Tim Miller, will reboot the franchise by fixing and simplifying the formula with the first of a planned trilogy of new movies that will probably make things all complicated again.
“I think [James] Cameron and Tim [Miller] came up with a concept where they can continue on with the T-800 but make a whole new movie,” he said. “What they are doing now with this one is basically to just take a few very basic characters, like Linda Hamilton’s character and my character, and dismiss everything else. Just move away from all these rules of the timeline and other characters.”
Schwarzenegger believes there's plenty of ground to cover with the T-800 model he portrayed, saying “He’s a machine, can be destructive, can do things human beings can’t do, but at the same time when newer technology comes along the character suddenly is vulnerable and that makes him even more interesting.”
He went on to say that the fault with previous entries in the beleaguered franchise forgot to foreground characters and instead relied upon spectacle and complicated time-travel fixated plots.
The uncomplicated and time-travel free Terminator reboot will land in cinemas on July 26, 2019.
