Details Revealed on The Two "Trippier" Unproduced TERMINATOR: GENISYS Sequels

If Terminator: Genisys had been good and a big hit for the studio, we would have seen two sequels that would have closed out the story. It’s a shame to see what happened with the Terminator franchise. The past few attempts just could reach the bar that was set with Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Maybe things would have been different if James Cameron was the guy actually directing and spearheading the films. But, he was busy with Avatar.

For those of you curious to know what we would have seen happen in the sequels had Terminator: Geniysis been a hit, co-writer Patrick Lussier recently explained the direction that the sequels would have gone. It would have focused on the time loop angle, and we would have seen more of Matt Smith‘s version of Skynet.

On a recent episode of The Production Meeting Podcast, Lussier said:

“We wrote like two drafts of the next one, the direct sequel, and had an outline for the third one, what that would be, that answered all the questions that were presented in Genisys and brought it back around and closed it all off.”

During the interview, he was asked if the sequel would have attempted to build their own identities instead of paying homage to the first two original movies in the franchise. In his response, Lussier said talked about Smith’s character and said the films would have been “trippier.”

“Yes. They were introducing new characters. They dealt more with how the future and where Skynet comes from and what that sort of time loop is. That Matt Smith character. It became much more of a focus, so they were probably a little trippier and stood away from T2 a little more. Started having their own identity. There’s sort of an interesting escaping the fatalistic part of it…who knows? Maybe one day they’ll release it as a comic or something.”

There’s no mention of John Connor’s role in the story, but actor Jason Clarke previously said the story would have focused on John Connor and what happened to him after he was taken by Skynet. It would have focused on a cyborg version of Connor:

“What I remember was that second one was going to be about John’s journey after he was taken by Skynet…like going down to what he became; half machine, half man. That’s where the second one was going to start, and that’s about all I knew.”

It would have been interesting to see how this story would have played out fully. Who knows, though. Maybe one day we will get to see that story in comic book form. One thing is for sure, though… I don’t think we’ll be seeing any more Terminator films in the foreseeable future.

Via: /Film