Matt Smith Won’t Be Back – Terminator Genysis Sequel Dropped

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Looks like we’re not going to be seeing Matt Smith’s evil A.I character again any time soon.

If you wanted a barometer for just how far the Terminator franchise has sank, then the news that US studio Paramount are pulling a projected Terminator Genysis sequel from its release schedule in favour of a Baywatch reboot starring Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson, is a pretty clear sign of how bad things have become.

The Skydance production was originally supposed to open in cinemas on 19 May 2017. It’s unknown whether the sequel (or a third projected film scheduled for a 2018 release) will still be made, with no alternative release date offered for the sequel.

Sadly, this means Matt Smith (who was the best thing in the last outing which to us at the time felt like a false start rather than a franchise starter) won’t get his moment in the limelight as his evil A.I character – a walking talking Skynet basically – was meant to take more of a central role for the now canned sequels.

Speaking a few months ago Skydance Creative Officer Dana Goldberg admitted that the film needed some “re-adjusting”, though at the time was confident the sequels would continue.

So it looks like it won’t be back after all…

 

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