Over the last few weeks James Cameron has revealed that he will helm the sixth Terminator movie, his first since 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
The filmmaker is on producer duties, while Deadpool’s Tim Miller will direct with Arnie and Linda Hamilton returning to their roles. Terminator 6 follows 2015’s Terminator Genisys, which saw the original 1984 film’s timeline altered.
Aussie star Jai Courtney took the role of Kyle Reese, who is sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor, the mother of John Connor – humanity’s hope in the future against the machines, only to actually father his leader.
Of course an altered timeline resulted in something of a convoluted time travel plot, with Jai’s Kyle, Emilia Clarke’s Sarah and Arnie’s friendly Terminator walking off into the sunset.
Now in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk to promote his new film The Exception, Jai has spoken out on if he’s involved in Terminator 6 or not.
The actor laughed: “I honestly don’t know much mate, they’re clearly not sharing any of that information with me. I don’t know, it’s a different mod behind it this time. I wouldn’t not want to. Particularly with James Cameron at the helm. I wouldn’t say no at the opportunity to work with him.
“It could be cool. I’m curious to see what they do, either way. Y’know it’s one of those things; a really iconic franchise that was special to be apart of. I don’t know if they’ve particularly got plans to continue along the same sort of lines as Terminator Genisys or not…so we’ll see.”
With the news that Terminator 6 is a direct sequel to Terminator 2, it looks unlikely that Jai will be given the call.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Cameron said: “”This is a continuation of the story from Terminator 1 and Terminator 2. And we’re pretending the other films were a bad dream. Or an alternate timeline, which is permissible in our multi-verse.”
Terminator 6 will be released on July 26, 2019, while Jai Courtney’s new movie The Exception is out in UK cinemas on September 29, 2017.