As predicted; Disney found a way to make legal problems go away and now owns 20th Century Fox. So how does this effect Terminator?
For James Cameron to be involved in the next Terminator movie a deal was struck with 20th Century Fox to have distribution of the Untitled Terminator Reboot (Terminator 6/Terminator 2 Sequel) in the following countries…
(Australia) (theatrical)
(Germany) (theatrical)
(France) (theatrical)
(UK) (theatrical)
Now Disney owns 20th Century Fox that deal should be carrying over to them. Seemingly Deadpool will be allowed to possibly carry on as R Rated under the Marvel Cinematic Universe umbrella. This has calmed down some serious fan concerns over Deadpool’s cinematic future but take promises with a pinch of salt at this stage.
Terminator has no Umbrella at Disney and 20th Century do not own Terminator (Skydance does). Something tells us that Disney are not going to want to be distributing a blood soaked/horror fueled Rated R Terminator movie that the fans expect under the Disney name.
On the other hand Skydance has released a Hard R TV Series ‘Altered Carbon’, is turning ‘Star Trek’ Rated R with Paramount so maybe all hope isn’t lost just yet…
James Cameron’s Avatar is now Disney owned; this suits that property but it does NOT suit Terminator.
Will a new Umbrella be created for Terminator and R Rated/mature movies at Disney? Will Terminator become part of the MCU? Could the 20th Century name minus the FOX be kept alive?
Another option is the Disney name is left out of Terminator and simply is left to just be a financial matter on paper when it comes to distribution, or the other option is Terminator 6 will be a full on PG-13 Disney accepted/co-branded movie in those distribution countries listed above.
More PG-13 Terminator? No thanks. Go Hard R or expect another chunk of this fan base to walk away.