Hey folks, Harry here... It's strange... I just got finished watching the DVD of Kirk Douglas' ULYSSES... and when I read this email about the TERMINATOR franchise and Mario Kassar and Andy Vayna's movement forward... I couldn't help but wish for a parallel. You see... I see Kassar and Vayna and Sarafian and Wilson as the suitors of Penelope, unable to bend Ulysses'(Cameron's) bow. And I harbor hopes that the Goddess ATHENA will grant Cameron the strength to again reclaim this property of his. But then... I am just coming off of seeing Kirk Douglas kill dozens of men and reclaim the woman he loved but hasn't seen in 10 years. TERMINATOR 2 was 9 years ago... nearly 10 years have passed. Ulysses... it's time to come home, you've been wandering too long...

Hi Harry,

Longtime fan of the site.

I don't know if this qualifies a scoop or not as I didn't drug any security guards or kill an attack dog to get this story.

The following story is reported in the FEB 2000 'Total Film' ( Good British Movie Mag ), I've copied the text word for word.

'The fact that neither Arnie nor Cameron will be involved with the (Terminator ) sequels will come as a disappointment for some fanboys. Still, at least the news ends yearsof speculation as to the status of the stalled status of the 'Tetminator' franchise. Clearly fed up with waiting, dynamic duoMario Kassar and Andy Vayna ( who share the Terminator Rights ) Have hired scripters Tedi Sarafian ( Tank Girl ) and David Wilson ( Supernova ) to write the third and fourth movies respectively. Picking up the apocalyptic baton from T2, the third movie will be set in 2001, right at the beginning of the Armageddonesque conflict predicted in the first two movies.

As for the final chapter, T4 will be set in a robot ravaged post apocalyptic world so often glimpsed during Camerons Cyber-opus. With Sarah Connor definitely wormfood, both flicks will turn their attention towards John Connor and his protector terminator sidekick as he fends off a T-1000 successor.

That's about it, Harry. Cameron and Arnie will NOT be involved with this franchise in the future ( I didn't mean that as a pun ).

Hope this is of interest

Shushter.