--- title: "‘Terminator’ Will Be Back In Theaters With A New Trilogy, And Maybe Arnold" date: "2017-07-26" modified: "2017-07-26" authors: - name: "James Clark" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/james-clark/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/terminator-will-back-theaters-new-trilogy-maybe-arnold/" categories: - "Culture" --- # ‘Terminator’ Will Be Back In Theaters With A New Trilogy, And Maybe Arnold ![]() Yeah, that’s right: A film franchise about sentient robotic killing machines and salvation-minded defenders going back in time to reboot history is, well, getting a reboot. [James Cameron recently announced]() that he intends to dust off the iconic sci-fi blockbuster franchise with three new films. Staples of late 80s and early 90s sci-fi, the first two movies in the series (we’re ignoring the other three) saw Arnold Schwarzenegger leap through time as a sentient cyborg murder machine with (*T1*) a mission to kill Sarah Connor — the mother of mankind’s savior, John Connor — and (*T2*) also to save Sarah and John from an even nastier cyborg than him. But how will a *Terminator* reboot — not just one movie, but a trilogy — fare, now that we live in a world where so much of ’80s-era science fiction is now fact? Related: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Just Scored An Official Release Date » It’s a question Cameron says he’s carefully considering. “Has the franchise run its course or can it be freshened up?” he said in [a recent interview with Movie Pilot.]() “Can it still have relevance now, where so much of our world is catching up to what was science fiction in the first two films. We live in a world of predator drones and surveillance and big data and emergent AI (artificial intelligence)." Now actually seems like a perfect time for more Terminatin’ to me. Consider Skynet, a globally connected supercomputer that gains self-awareness and decides it’s more evolved than its *homo sapiens* creators. If ever there was an age when machines were keyed up to revolt, it’s now. Apple's Siri will probably be the first to turn on us, followed closely [by Domino’s proposed delivery bots](), oh, and the military’s fleet of heavily armed drones. Alongside Cameron, Tim Miller of *Deadpool* fame will direct the first film in the reboot, so there’s a good chance that we’re in for a biting, sarcastic, and fittingly “millennial” take on the series. And don’t worry, the former governator of California has already hinted that yes, he will be back. **WATCH NEXT:** ## Author James Clark is the editor-in-chief of Task & Purpose. He is a former Marine and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [LinkedIn]()