Linda Hamilton on why Terminator sequels have sucked since T2

July 18th 2019, 1:11pm

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Producer James Cameron and DEADPOOL director Tim Miller's new TERMINATOR movie TERMINATOR: DARK FATE will be unleashed upon the masses this November and in a recent interview ahead of the film’s panel this week at Comic-Con, Linda Hamilton and Miller talked a bit about why the TERMINATOR sequel haven't worked since Cameron's TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY.

Hamilton says:

[Character] is something that I strongly felt was missing with the three since I did Judgment Day. You had so much action and taking everything and making it that much bigger, but there were no characters that you really cared about. And that obviously has to be the real thread that links my three movies together; you’ve got to have characters you care about or it’s all just a wash.

Miller adds:

Or it’s just explosions.

I know it’s hard for people to say, ‘Okay, it’s Terminator 6,’ but it really isn’t, and I hope we get that message out. It’s really a sequel to those first two stories — and it’s not your usual sequel. I think people are going to be surprised in the way that the story continues and it’s a little more back to basics of what Jim [Cameron] did; it’s not trying to compete with the giant Marvel movies…well, it is a little bit. [Laughs] Nobody is going to be disappointed by the action but it really is a return to character.

Psst. TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES and TERMINATOR: SALVATION and TERMINATOR: GENISYS. We're all looking at you and it's getting pretty awkward. Maybe you should leave. "What? *All three movies hang their heads and walk out* Okay."

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE is directed by Tim Miller (DEADPOOL) from a screenplay written by David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes and Billy Ray based on a story conceived by James Cameron, Charles Eglee, Josh Friedman, David Goyer, and Justin Rhodes. Cameron and Ellison are the sequel's producers and Dana Goldberg serves as executive producer alongside Don Granger, Edward Cheng, Tim Miller, John J. Kelly, Bonnie Curtis, and Julie Lynn. The film will star Schwarzenegger and Hamilton, along with Mackenzie Davis, Gabriel Luna, Natalia Reyes, and Diego Boneta.

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2019.