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by: Mike Sampson Nov. 2, 2009

Have a couple million bucks lying around? Why not buy a dying franchise? If you're just swimming around your giant money pit spitting gold coins into air, you might want to pool your money and buy the TERMINATOR franchise rights. The Financial Times (via Coming Soon) is reporting that the rights to the future of the TERMINATOR franchise is going on auction later this month.

So what do you get for all your money? Well you don't get the rights to any of the previous TERMINATOR films but you would get the rights to make new films (preferably without McG directing). A number of buyers are already interested including almost all the major studios with Sony Pictures emerging as the top candidate. Also interested are a number of other equity companies including Platinum Equity and Media Rights Capital.

The rights are being sold by Halcyon who's desperately in debt after spending a good chunk of their own money on the TERMINATOR SALVATION video game (never a good idea, especially for a game as shitty as that one was). The question is how much the rights are worth after a recent TV series based on the films was just canceled and the last movie was a box-office disappointment.

Source: Financial Times

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Extra Tidbit: I wish some wealthy philanthropist would just buy the rights just so that no more bad TERMINATOR movies get made.

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shelman2392
11:43PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The game is so bad it's unbelievable
The game makes the movie look like "Citizen Kane." It really is atrocious & seemed like a game right out of the 1980's, w/absolutely no original thought or effort. I love "Terminator" but how dare they make it PG-13! Pathetic. Only good thing about "Salvation" is the star making turn of Sam Worthington.
The game makes the movie look like "Citizen Kane." It really is atrocious & seemed like a game right out of the 1980's, w/absolutely no original thought or effort. I love "Terminator" but how dare they make it PG-13! Pathetic. Only good thing about "Salvation" is the star making turn of Sam Worthington.
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Paulie
2:58PM on 11/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
And what kind of a gangster wannabe name is McG? Haha. Stupid.
And what kind of a gangster wannabe name is McG? Haha. Stupid.
 
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Silverload
6:50PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
We all know that whichever studio buys the rights will just remake it. It is going to happen and the world will be a sadder place for it.
We all know that whichever studio buys the rights will just remake it. It is going to happen and the world will be a sadder place for it.
 
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T DUBBS
4:43PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Meh
could be good, could be bad. Lets see who buys it first.
could be good, could be bad. Lets see who buys it first.
 
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Hip-Hop Legend
3:17PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
WOW I Love Lamp, you must have really hated the second Terminator! I really don't agree with you though! I think your wrong about the T 1000 not having any skin. Didn't he come through the portal as John Patrick? I don't think he stole that identity once he was in the past. I really liked Arnie as the good guy as well, and how can you even think the newest film was better than the second?
WOW I Love Lamp, you must have really hated the second Terminator! I really don't agree with you though! I think your wrong about the T 1000 not having any skin. Didn't he come through the portal as John Patrick? I don't think he stole that identity once he was in the past. I really liked Arnie as the good guy as well, and how can you even think the newest film was better than the second?
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Ocelot_Snake
4:15PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
well there were elements that were better than T2
well there were elements that were better than T2
 
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i love lamp
2:33PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
cameron ruined his own franchise
he ruined it way before mcg or anyone else got their hands on it by casting arnold as a good guy, casting bad, squeaky voiced, child actors saying lines like "hasta la vista baby", and scenes involving the thumbs up in liquid metal! he also introduced the T 1000 liquid metal terminator,which according to the franchise's own sci fi/time travel logic, could not travel through time because the...
he ruined it way before mcg or anyone else got their hands on it by casting arnold as a good guy, casting bad, squeaky voiced, child actors saying lines like "hasta la vista baby", and scenes involving the thumbs up in liquid metal! he also introduced the T 1000 liquid metal terminator,which according to the franchise's own sci fi/time travel logic, could not travel through time because the terminators needed the flesh coating to achieve time travel! (at least that's what they said in T1 and the comics i've read. i've not followed the terminator movies series or comics in a while cuz T2 kinda sucked then and REALLY sucks now!) i doubt cam could save this franchise cuz he 's all about style not substance nowadays. cameron is the nintendo generation's george lucas. doubt he could pull a story together good enough to save it. mcg did a good enough job considering all the crap this franchise has suffered through.
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Silverload
6:43PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
You sir are insane. ;)
You sir are insane. ;)
 
i love lamp
2:43PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
i'll take that as a compliment.
i'll take that as a compliment.
 
slimbo0330
2:41PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
NERD!!!!!!!
NERD!!!!!!!
 
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JediteX
2:12PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This could be awesome news if James Cameron bought back the rights to the Terminator franchise. Cameron is the only man who could make Terminator good again.
This could be awesome news if James Cameron bought back the rights to the Terminator franchise. Cameron is the only man who could make Terminator good again.
 
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drc5145
1:36PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
If James Cameron has the money, he should buy them himself and either end the franchise and produce his own sequel. Kind of a shame how far the franchise has fallen. Pretty dumb of Halcyon to pour that much money into a game that ended up being pretty terrible.
If James Cameron has the money, he should buy them himself and either end the franchise and produce his own sequel. Kind of a shame how far the franchise has fallen. Pretty dumb of Halcyon to pour that much money into a game that ended up being pretty terrible.
 
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Muta
11:45AM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
McG made a good film after Mostow almost destroyed it.
McG made a good film after Mostow almost destroyed it.
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moptopcharlie
9:03PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Dude I couldnt agree more. Mostow had Ahnuld saying "talk to the hand" and wearing Elton John's sunglasses. If you can find one thing as bad in that in Terminator Salvation then i will applaud you...but you cant so I wont.
Dude I couldnt agree more. Mostow had Ahnuld saying "talk to the hand" and wearing Elton John's sunglasses. If you can find one thing as bad in that in Terminator Salvation then i will applaud you...but you cant so I wont.
 
Silverload
6:40PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Mostow made a lame Terminator. McG made a flat out shitty one.
Mostow made a lame Terminator. McG made a flat out shitty one.
 
Ocelot_Snake
4:12PM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
agreed
agreed
 
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slimbo0330
11:30AM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
oh yea. gettting R rated action movies to go PG13 does wonders for franchises. good call on that one studio execs.



instead of trying to get every penny possible, why not go for quality movies that people want to see?
oh yea. gettting R rated action movies to go PG13 does wonders for franchises. good call on that one studio execs.



instead of trying to get every penny possible, why not go for quality movies that people want to see?
 
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Short Round
11:15AM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
If I could, I would buy the rights and give them to James Cameron as a Christmas present.
If I could, I would buy the rights and give them to James Cameron as a Christmas present.
 
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Mr. Moe
10:19AM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Lol...
Now it is official. McG will forever be the man who literally killed The Terminator franchise.
Now it is official. McG will forever be the man who literally killed The Terminator franchise.
 
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razgriz21
10:11AM on 11/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
James Cameron should buy the rights.
James Cameron should buy the rights.
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