Terminator: Dark Fate was a financial failure, effectively putting the kibosh on a trilogy which was set to kick into gear with TDF. One victim of the box-office fallout was of course, the much loved, Terminator legend Linda Hamilton.
Linda spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about potentially returning as Sarah Connor, she said:
“No. Something says to me… I don’t know. I would really appreciate maybe a smaller version where so many millions are not at stake. Today’s audience is just so unpredictable. I can’t tell you how many laymen just go, ‘Well, people don’t go to the movies anymore.’ It should definitely not be such a high-risk financial venture, but I would be quite happy to never return. So, no, I am not hopeful because I would really love to be done.”
Speaking of that controversial opening Dark Fate sequence and the termination of John Connor, Linda defended James Cameron’s decision to kill John, saying:
“I don’t think Sarah and John would be there at all if they were still fine and strong. I thought it was a great leaping-off point for my character. To create a new fuel and fire for Sarah Connor, I thought it was a very good story point. I’m not one that clings to past ideas… I just think it’s much more interesting to launch from a new place.”
It seems as if Linda Hamilton would consider a return to the Terminator franchise if the production had a smaller budget – possibly something, financially, more akin to The Terminator (1984), which is what most of the fanbase has been asking for a very long time – could a Terminator TV show be that “smaller version” Linda mentioned?
All we can say is… we feel that Skydance Media and Paramount Pictures failed Sarah Connor and Linda Hamilton, and whether Linda does or doesn’t want another round as Sarah Connor, we support her, she did the best she could with the material she had to work with on Dark Fate.
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