With this week’s Terminator Genisys coming out to a host of potential and a good early word of mouth, of course the conversation has turned into making more money. And of course, Terminator is in talks to have a TV show spin-off.
But wait? Wasn’t there a Terminator series already? One that was critically lauded and beloved by fans cut short by a writer’s strike and ended its short run with a cliffhanger? By god, you’re right! That was Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles!
According to Skydance CEO David Ellison, a new TV series is in the development stages and of course will tie into the larger Terminator franchise as is the norm for just about every damn property these days.
The dream for us would be to be able to obviously make films, television shows, we have a video game with Glu, comic books, and they all should be standalone experiences. If you just watch the movies or if you just watch a television show, it’s a complete experience.
Of course, expanding popular titles into other media is no new development for Hollywood and just because one TV series didn’t make it (although it totally should have been more successful than it was) doesn’t mean another can’t be. Ellison wishes to produce the show as a basic-cable shorter episode season that has yielded far better quality than the typical 22 episode season.
While I can’t argue the logistics of Hollywood and while I think a Terminator series can be a financial success, this news irritates me, mainly because TSCC is still cancelled.
Better luck next time, I suppose!
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