TERMINATOR 5 Has a Release Date and It's the First of a Trilogy!

Terminator 5 must be close to moving forward into production because Paramount Pictures has set its release date for June 26th, 2015. David Ellison's Skydance Pictures and Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures are producing the film. Arnold Schwarzenegger is confirmed to star, and this will be the first part of a new trilogy of films!

It was recently reported that Dwayne Johnson was in talks to join the film as one of the killing machines. There were also some extremely cool plot details revealed about the story they might tell. There's a lot of Spoiler info, but if you want to know what we might see, click here. I personally think the idea presented is freakin' awesome, and I hope that's the story the studio goes with. 

Here's the Press Release:

Skydance Productions, Annapurna Pictures and Paramount Pictures have jointly announced they will partner on a rebooted “TERMINATOR” movie, to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 26, 2015.

The first in a stand-alone trilogy, “TERMINATOR” will be produced by Megan Ellison of Annapurna and David Ellison of Skydance. Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake of Skydance will serve as executive producers. Laeta Kalorgridis (“Avatar,” “Shutter Island”) and Patrick Lussier (“Drive Angry”) are attached to write the screenplay.

Launched in 1984 with star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the title character, “TERMINATOR” spanned 3 subsequent films, which have earned over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

David Ellison most recently executive produced, along with his partners at Paramount, “World War Z,” “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”. A 5th installment of in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is in active development, along with a 3rd film in the “G.I. Joe” franchise, among other films.

Megan Ellison most recently produced the Academy Award®-nominated “Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Master” and executive produced “Spring Breakers” via her Annapurna Pictures banner and has David O. Russell’s “American Hustle,” Spike Jonze’s “Her,” and Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher” set for release later this year.