Sorry,Terminatorfilm seriesfans,Arnold Schwarzeneggerwill not be back this time.
Franchise co-creatorJames Camerongave the shocking update during a new interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, revealing that he doesn't plan on having the 78-year-old action star return for the upcoming installment of the long-running series, and is more focused on ushering a new generation of characters.
"I can safely say he won't be [in it]," Cameron told the outlet. "It's time for a new generation of characters. I insisted Arnold had to be involved inTerminator: Dark Fate, and it was a great finish to him playing the T-800. There needs to be a broader interpretation ofTerminatorand the idea of a time war and super intelligence. I want to do new stuff that people aren't imagining."
Schwarzenegger has appeared in almost every entry in theTerminatorfranchise, starting with 1984's titular film and ending with 2019'sDark Fate. While he didn't personally appear in 2009'sTerminator Salvation, his likeness was used for a CGI cameo of the T-800.
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Earlier this year, Schwarzenegger appeared on an episode ofWatch What Happens Livein June during whichhe fielded an audience questionabout whichTerminatormovie he thinks is the worst of all time.
"I would say the worst was probably the No. 4, because that was done during the time I was governor [of California] and I was not in it," Schwarzenegger said to hostAndy Cohen, referencing 2009'sChristian Bale-starring blockbusterTerminator Salvation.
He continued, asking, "How do you do aTerminatormovie without me being in theTerminatormovie? It doesn't make any sense."
Safe to say he wasn't aware of Cameron's plans forTerminator's Schwarzenegger-less future.
Meanwhile, Cameron toldTHRthat he is excited to start working on the seventh film entry following the release ofAvatar: Fire and Ash.
"Once the dust clears onAvatarin a couple of months, I'm going to really plunge into that," Cameron shared. "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?"
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The acclaimed director noted that he isn't interested in relying on any callbacks to previous entries in the next project.
"The things that scare you the most are exactly the things you should be doing," Cameron declared. "Nobody should be operating artistically from a comfort zone."
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