THOR: THE DARK WORLD's Alan Taylor Looks Set To Helm TERMINATOR Reboot

THOR: THE DARK WORLD's Alan Taylor Looks Set To Helm TERMINATOR Reboot

Alan Taylor has plenty of experience in the world of fantasy thanks to his work on Game of Thrones and Thor: The Dark World, but the director now looks set to add the upcoming Terminator reboot to his resume! We also have details on who else the studio were considering for the job...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 05, 2013 12:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Terminator
Source: Variety


Variety has revealed that Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor is in talks to helm the planned Terminator reboot from Skydance Productions, Paramount and Annapurna Pictures. The site adds that Ang Lee (Life of Pi), Rian Johnson (Looper) and Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) were all in contention before it was ultimately decided that Taylor was the right man for the job. Details are scarce at this point, although it's believed that this will be the first instalment of a new standalone trilogy. Arnold Schwarzenegger has also expressed interest in returning. Whether this means Taylor will be too busy to direct any season five episodes of Game of Thrones or even a possibly third instalment of the Thor franchise remains to be seen. What do you guys think?

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Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 9/5/2013, 12:46 PM
Puny Terminator
Baxman
Baxman - 9/5/2013, 12:59 PM
No
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/5/2013, 1:01 PM
interesting choice,it would be a challenge to be better than the first two terminators.
Tony93
Tony93 - 9/5/2013, 1:02 PM
I really liked Salvation.. I want Bale to come back and continue what happened.. I wanna know how it all ends!!
TheBeard
TheBeard - 9/5/2013, 1:03 PM
T-2 is one of the best movies of all time.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 9/5/2013, 1:09 PM
Okay!
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 9/5/2013, 1:10 PM
Rian Johnson would have been sweet!
Bugster
Bugster - 9/5/2013, 1:11 PM
They made a good movie with Salvation, now the morons in charge (suits) gave up and we're getting another attempt to salvage this franchise for the 3rd time in the last decade. Do these people ever learn? More chances they will burn their audience by the movie.
third3ye
third3ye - 9/5/2013, 1:15 PM
Out of all those directors, only Taylor and Lee have had experience managing blockbuster budgets. And after Hulk (2003), is there any surprise they went with Taylor over Lee?
PsychoManiacJacky
PsychoManiacJacky - 9/5/2013, 1:19 PM
Ang Lee won big at the Academy Awards recently for Life of Pi so there is a surprise there. Besides who barely remembers the 2003 Hulk other than the fanboy community still raging about it.
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 9/5/2013, 1:21 PM
Ang Lee's Terminator is the strangest thing I've heard since Ang Lee's Hulk.
LittleDanglyThing
LittleDanglyThing - 9/5/2013, 1:22 PM
Ang Lee is a great director. Hulk 2003 was a fluke of a bad movie.
Tony93
Tony93 - 9/5/2013, 1:24 PM
Ocelot
Ocelot - 9/5/2013, 1:26 PM
The series was perfectly wrapped up with parts 1 and 2.
Baxman
Baxman - 9/5/2013, 1:27 PM
Yeah and who are they going to get to play the Terminator...The Rock...weird....
LittleDanglyThing
LittleDanglyThing - 9/5/2013, 1:33 PM
Yea Salvation and 3 were pretty bad.
It was cool to see Bruce Wayne make an appearance in Terminator though.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 9/5/2013, 1:43 PM
I think I'd rather see Alan do more Thor and Game of Thrones for a while first.
FOOM
FOOM - 9/5/2013, 1:44 PM
I just wish the Sarah Conner Chronicles was allowed to finish what it started.
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 9/5/2013, 1:46 PM
Wow. All those guys are under consideration? At least they are taking this thing seriously and not treating it like they do VG movies.

I hope Cameron is involved as a producer or something.
Tevii
Tevii - 9/5/2013, 1:47 PM
Salvation SUCKED ASS. Worst one in the bunch.

Id rather have them finish the saga, then reboot, but I can see why they want a clean slate. They really put themselves in a corner that I dont even know if they could fix properly.

but on another note, how hard will this be to remake? Ity better have a GREAT screenplay. The twist of the original wont be enough. They will really have to dig deep to make a great time travel movie
Tevii
Tevii - 9/5/2013, 1:49 PM
Worst part...

-The Sarah Connor Chronicles left us hanging
-The movie series left us hanging

"lets screw over the audience AGAIN and make a third universe that we wont finish"
sanyaya
sanyaya - 9/5/2013, 2:00 PM
i was going to say yeah BUT THEN I SAW REBOOT [frick] THAT SHIT
jamesbrando3
jamesbrando3 - 9/5/2013, 2:00 PM
Damn. Rian Johnson would have been PERFECT for this, especially after Looper. He was actually my first choice. I wonder why they couldn't work something out w/ him......
Tainted87
Tainted87 - 9/5/2013, 2:08 PM
You know what would be awesome about the reboot if done correctly?

Have the machines control John Connor (or whatever alternate "savior" a new series designs) as a puppet of sorts. They want John Connor to be the one, because in the original future, someone else managed to defeat Skynet. Make Sarah (and Kyle) think that John is the so-called savior in the past.

Sequel: new "savior". Hey guess what, you are the savior of humanity, and your name is not John Connor, and it is not whatever alternate a reboot might use (no connection to the first one). We discover that Skynet has been putting out red herrings for humanity to find and expand on the technology, advancing the machine's superiority.

Second sequel (if applicable): Skynet launches their attack while sending a Terminator to successfully eliminate the original leader. John Connor (or alternate) and the second "savior" unite to try and save military leaders with the help of a very untrustworthy Terminator.
sanyaya
sanyaya - 9/5/2013, 2:13 PM
Rian Johnson seems a better choice DAMN THEY REALLY DONT GIVE A [frick] ABOUT THIS FRANCHISE.
MagnusRex22
MagnusRex22 - 9/5/2013, 2:27 PM
Chris Hemsworth as the Terminator
Morbius
Morbius - 9/5/2013, 2:35 PM
WOW I didnt see that coming!!!!!! Ang Lee would have been a good choice or he may have made it to artsy, Johnson also would have been good too. Lets Hope Bale comes back as John Connor.
pro346
pro346 - 9/5/2013, 2:50 PM
I really liked salvation continue that!
gaikinger
gaikinger - 9/5/2013, 2:53 PM
lets do this
Maestro
Maestro - 9/5/2013, 2:57 PM
HE BETTER BE BACK FOR THOR 3.

I think he will. They went in a different direction from thor 1 to hire him for thor 2 for a reason. He's perfect for thor.
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