Director Alan Taylor In Talks To Helm TERMINATOR Reboot

Variety reports that Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, Thor: The Dark World) is in talks to direct The Terminator reboot. The film is expected to be a the first installment in a new standalone trilogy within the Terminator universe. Producers recently announced Avatar screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island) would co-write the script with Patrick Lussier. Arnold Schwarzenegger has mentioned having a role in the reboot with rumors Dwayne Johnson is being looked at to play the new Terminator.

Paramount Sets June 2015 Release Date For TERMINATOR Reboot Which Will Be First In A New Trilogy

Some new information about the next Terminator film has been revealed by Deadline. As Skydance Productions, Annapurna Pictures and Paramount Pictures will partner on the film which will be released on June 26th 2015. Coming out the same year as Avengers 2, Star Wars Episode VII, Ant-Man, Jurassic Park 4, Fantastic Four and Pirates 5. The film would be the first installment in a rebooted trilogy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently the only person attached to the film besides newly announced writers Laeta Kalorgridis (Avatar, Shutter Island, Ghost In The Shell, Battle Angel Alita) and Patrick Lussier (Scream 1-3, Apollo 18, Red Eye). Laeta has worked with James Cameron which is sign the project might end up getting the blessings and support of Jim. A director hasn't been named but it was revealed that Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Only God Forgives, Drive) took a meeting. Script writer Patrick Lussier also dabbles as a director. Helming action/horror flicks My Bloody Valentine, Halloween III and Drive Angry, which could make him a candidate. There were also rumblings that Dwayne Johnson was wanted to play the new Terminator. While it's interesting to see them try to push a giant three part story a similar thing happened with Terminator Salvation and it ended up being underwhelming.

Laeta Kalogridis And Patrick Lussier Hired To Write TERMINATOR 5

Deadline reports that Annapurna Pictures and Skydance Productions have finally hired writers for their new Terminator film. They picked Laeta Kalogridis the co-writer of Avatar and Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry). Laeta's credits also includes Shutter Island, Alexander, Pathfinder along with in-development projects like James Cameron's Battle Angel and Ghost In The Shell live-action movie. The project currently is without a director but it is interesting to see a two-time James Cameron collaborator has been brought on to work on the script. No word on if Arnold Schwarzenegger or Christian Bale will actually be coming back.

Platinum Dunes Producing New Halloween Film

Platinum Dunes is known for some of the more impressive horror remakes in the last decade their credits include Amityville Horror, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hitcher, Friday The 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street. BloodyDisgusting reports that Dunes is now taking over production on the next Halloween film which had Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry) attached to direct. It looks like they're going to replace Lussier with another director and find a new writer. However, it's unknown at this point if they'll reboot again or continue Rob Zombie's storyline.