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Terminator 3: Attack of the Terminatrix

Posted by chrisd on from the heart-surgery-to-robot-battles dept.

jinx_ was among many who wrote in to say: "Arnold Schwarzenegger" is back for another installment of the Terminator Franchise. Reportedly a $30 million payday for Arnold.

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  1. Old news by HanzoSan · · Score: 0, Informative



    I knew about Terminator 3 in development in 1999. This news is years old and they have been filming since early 2000

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    1. Re:Old news by dstone · · Score: 3, Informative

      Someone mod this guy down as his "+1 Information" is incorrect information. This isn't old news; maybe it is old rumor.

      No studio has agreed to pick this pic up yet. No money has been paid out to start making it. No footage of Arnie has been shot yet.

      From the current article:

      According to entertainment trade paper Daily Variety, the producers behind the project have set their asking price at $50 million, plus half of the gross receipts generated from the film. Sources told Reuters Friday that talks could wrap by early this week. Assuming a deal goes through, production would begin in April with Jonathan Mostow, who directed the submarine war flick "U-571," succeeding James Cameron at the helm of the latest "Terminator." Variety has put Mostow's fee at more than $5 million. The film is seen as a potential "tentpole" picture for the summer of 2003, and studio interest is keen given that "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" grossed more than $500 million worldwide after its 1991 release. Experts say a franchise with such proven box-office clout normally has a studio home by the time it gets to its third outing. "Almost every studio in town ... is looking to handle domestic rights to this picture," one person with knowledge of the talks told Reuters. "Over the last few days, this has been the hottest property in Hollywood."

  2. Re:IMBD has had this for a while. by jfroot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes IMBD is great. But Corona is the defacto standard for upcoming movie information. IMDB gets a lot of their information from Corona. And it's from Vancouver where all movies are made these days.

  3. Some searching... by omega9 · · Score: 5, Informative

    First of all, it's hard to post at all because Willow is on and it's hard to divert my attention.

    Concerning Terminator 3, my griend Google me that Linda Hamilton will not be returning, Eddie Furlong will be playing John Conner, is titled Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, could possible star Chyna (WWF), will not be directed by James Cameron, up untill this past June there were talks that Ed Norton would be playing John Conner, and NoChickTrix will not be featured but is deffinatly worth checking out.

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  4. Re:I'll be back ! by Dyolf+Knip · · Score: 3, Informative

    Judging by the IMDB entry, I think that the 'Terminatrix' was a joke on the part of the submitter. The working title for T3 appears to be 'Rise of the Machines'.

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  5. Oh....dear....god.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    From the Upcoming movies website: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

    "Shaquille O'Neal (in talks)"

    Ohh....dear....god.....

    Not another basketballer trying his hand at acting. And *again* might I add. He had some godawful thing that I dont think anyone ever saw, because they (should have) known how bad it would be.

  6. Re:Lousy idea by Jburkholder · · Score: 3, Informative

    Spot on. Anyone else see the 'Frontline' show a week ago or so entitled "The Monster that ate Hollywood"?

    This excellent piece went into exactly why movies are focused on the all-important opening weekend. Basically the huge megacorps that own all of the studios want to minimize their risk and maximize return so they gravitate to formulas with known elements.

    What's behind the opening-weekend box-office mania? Does marketing hold too much power over the fate of a film? Here are excerpts from FRONTLINE's interviews with Mandalay's chairman, Peter Guber; Bob Levin, president of worldwide marketing and distribution for MGM; journalist Richard Natale; longtime studio executive Lucy Fisher; actor and producer Michael Douglas; Sony Corporation of America's chief executive, Howard Stringer; and Bill Mechanic, former Fox studio chief.

    If this program airs again in your area, I highly recommend you check it out.

  7. Universal Just Passed on it. by mkelley · · Score: 2, Informative

    It looks like Universal would rather deal with the Incredible Hulk than the Terminator.

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