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Thu 10 May 2007 | 19h35 GMT+1
Info: www.pr-inside.com
New Terminator Trilogy?
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The Halcyon Company announced today the acquisition of all the Terminator franchise rights. These rights include the right to
produce any future Terminator films, as well as all future merchandising and licensing rights, certain future revenues derived
from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as well as certain rights in the television project The Sarah Connor Chronicles and
the sole right to produce all future Terminator projects in any new or existing media.
The Halcyon Company is a recently formed, privately financed, film development, production and financing company, headed by
co-CEOs Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek. "The Terminator franchise represents by far the most popular and successful franchise
not owned by a major studio," said Mr. Kubicek. "While we have several other projects in the works, we see this global franchise
as a cornerstone of Halcyon's future business plans."
Terminator 4 will be based on a script by John Brancato and Michael Ferris and is envisioned to be the first film in a new
Terminator trilogy. Halcyon plans to immediately begin pre-production on the new film. While as yet no distribution agreement
has been set, Halcyon anticipates that T4 will be ready for release in the first half of 2009, if not earlier.
Moritz Borman, the Executive Producer of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as well as the then-CEO of Intermedia Films (the
co-production financial partner for T3), is slated to produce the new Terminator 4 film as well as being an integral member of
the branding and licensing team. Kubicek and Anderson will co-produce.
Moritz Borman stated, "With T3, we included many incidental details and plot points that, along with the main narrative, set the
stage for an entirely new set of inter-related stories covering the future adventures of John Connor and the Terminators. This
new Terminator trilogy will build upon the already huge worldwide Terminator fan base, which was both revitalized and expanded
with the global success of T3."
Anderson said, "We also plan to maximize the potential of the Terminator franchise by entering into strategic relationships with
world class merchandising and licensing partners. By quickly pursuing and finalizing these new opportunities, we are confident
that all of these ventures can be completed in time to fully maximize their value by coinciding with the first of the new
Terminator's release."
Anderson continued, "In addition to Moritz Borman, Peter D. Graves, who will be an Executive Producer on the film, was an integral
part of the acquisition team. He will also continue to provide executive consulting services to The Halcyon Company as well as
spearhead all aspects of the Terminator marketing program. Alan Schwartz, Randy Paul and Vincent Chieffo of Greenberg Traurig
represented Halcyon in the transaction and were critical to its successful completion. Alan Schwartz and the Greenberg Traurig
firm will continue to provide ongoing legal counsel to The Halcyon Company."
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The most recent film of the multi-billion dollar Terminator franchise, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, was released domestically
by Warner Bros. Pictures and internationally (excluding Japan and Korea) by Sony Pictures. This film generated over $450 million in
worldwide box office, breaking numerous box office records around the world. The film went on to even greater success in its ancillary
markets worldwide.
The Halcyon Company is a recently established, privately funded, independent film development, production and financing company
founded by Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson. Anderson and Kubicek plan to produce a portion of Halcyon's future output with the
balance of the company's pipeline, expected to be produced in conjunction with other established producers and production entities
in the industry.
Kubicek and Anderson both come from financial and creative backgrounds. Prior to co-founding Halcyon, Anderson was the founder and
creative director of In the Mix, a boutique marketing and advertising agency, which was sold in 2000. Kubicek began his career in
finance as a member of The American Stock Exchange and produced The Halcyon Company's first feature film Cook-Off!, which recently
won an HBO Aspen Comedy Festival award.
Moritz Borman has produced more than twenty films, most recently including Oliver Stone's World Trade Center and Alexander. Until 2005
he was Chairman and CEO of Intermedia Films, which he took public in 2000.
Peter D. Graves is one of the top industry marketing consultants. Formerly President of Marketing for PolyGram Films, Graves has been
directly responsible for, or consulted on, the marketing and release of over 200 titles including Terminator 3; The Perfect Storm;
Braveheart; Fargo; The Score; Elizabeth; The Game; Dead Man Walking; The Usual Suspects; and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
On Arnold
Plot details for the fourth film have been kept under tight wraps, though are said to pick up with John Connor, heir to the rebellion,
in his thirties, leading the remainder of the human race in its ever-worsening battle against the machines. As the film will mark the
beginning of a new trilogy, rather than a continuation of the previous three installments, its unlikely that the Terminator himself,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, will even take part in the film reinvention, other than perhaps a cameo.
Of course, there are other reasons why the Arnold won't be featured on the big screen. He has a bit of a schedule conflict due to
matters of a more gubernatorial nature.
T4 has already been fast-tracked for production, with Halcyon looking to get the installment in theaters by summer 2009. As it is,
Schwarzenegger will be leading the state of California through 2011.
While a spokeswoman for the governor asserts that "no law says he couldn't" star in the reimagined flick if he wanted to, the project
was nonetheless "not even on his radar."
Thanx go out to the following fans that sent in this great news (in no particular order):
Shane Cooper, Wade Angelo, Bobster, Fabian and GlobalArnold's
Paul Jackson!
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