While the 2009 release of Terminator: Salvation didn’t exactly bring the franchise back to its former glory, there’s always a studio and someone out there willing to give it another go. That feature reportedly cost over $200 million to make but it took in $371 million worldwide just in theatrical revenue, even with the regular slamming it got from fans and critics, largely owing to the name McG being attached to it.
Justin Lin spoke to partner site of Collider about the talk about him signing on for such a project while out promoting Fast Five and he had some interesting things to say about it.
“I think one of the great things is that when I got started, no one would return my calls, and now I get a lot of phone calls, which is good. I have options. Terminator was one of my favorite films growing up. And I feel I have a take that I would love to see, and I’ve talked with Arnold and we’ve talked and we’ll see. Again, I would love to do it, but it has to be the right circumstances. It has to be the right people. And there’s other projects too. But I’m in a position now that I can choose more than I could a year ago, two years ago. So that is something that is potentially in my future, but when I get home I will sit down and look at my options and choose what I want to do.”
Justin Lin has mastered saying a lot but avoiding committing to anything.