This summer, Terminator 2: Judgement Day is seeing a re-release across the globe in up-converted 3D. Widely regarded as the best instalment in the franchise, T2 was also the most financially successful and the only instalment of the series to gross over $500 million.
The inspiration for this re-release appears to be the 3D re-release of Titanic in 2012, which grossed an additional $343 million pulling it over the $2 billion mark. Titanic was not initially released in China and made a killing in the territory in 2012, so James Cameron who helms this effort as well, hopes to do the same in the People’s Republic.
The success of the T2 re-release may also be a trial balloon to see if there is still a strong international marketplace for another Terminator film. Skydance Media, with James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger?s involvement, are developing a new Terminator movie with Deadpool director Tim Miller looking to direct.
Due to the critical failure and middling financial success of Terminator Genisys (it was supposed to launch a new trilogy), Skydance is looking in other directions. Specifically, CEO David Ellison has gone on record in the last couple months about T6: ?I think where it?s going will be the continuation of what the fans really wanted since T2.?
Whatever happens, one thing is clear – the better instalments of the franchise should be used as inspiration for T6 and whatever the franchise has in store for its future.