He’s back!
James Cameron has just released his newest instalment in the Avatar franchise and is already back to work plotting his next project and it’s a return to an old favourite. Back in 2022 James Cameron shared that he was considering, and was already in discussions, for another reboot attempt of his beloved Terminator franchise.
“If I were to do another Terminator film and maybe try to launch that franchise again, which is in discussion, but nothing has been decided, I would make it much more about the AI side of it than bad robots gone crazy.” – James Cameron (2022)
But a few years later now and another Avatar movie done and dusted Cameron has confirmed that he will indeed be moving ahead with this new reboot of the Terminator franchise.
“Once the dust clears on Avatar in a couple of months, I’m going to really plunge into that… There are a lot of narrative problems to solve. The biggest is how do I stay enough ahead of what’s really happening to make it science fiction?” – James Cameron (2025)
Cameron has previously stated that he would focus the newest entry of the franchise on rogue AI rather than murderous robots. But the news that both upset many, but also not surprising that we reached this point, was when Cameron was asked on whether Terminator royalty Arnold Schwarzenegger would be returning in this new story.
“I can safely say he won’t be in it,… It’s time for a new generation of characters. I insisted Arnold had to be involved in Terminator: Dark Fate, and it was a great finish to him playing the T-800. There needs to be a broader interpretation of Terminator and the idea of a time war and super intelligence. I want to do new stuff that people aren’t imagining.“ – James Cameron (2025)
So it looks like a brand new Terminator is on the way and seems that Cameron is hinting at an entirely new take on the franchise is on the cards. New characters, new events, and an all new story.
