Cameron confirms Terminator: Dark Fate continues John Connor’s story

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Producer James Cameron and DEADPOOL director Tim Miller's new TERMINATOR movie TERMINATOR: DARK FATE will be unleashed upon the masses this November and today we have word via Cameron himself that this new flick will continue John Connor's story.

Cameron says:

I think the best way to think about Terminator: Dark Fate is to think about it as a direct sequel to Terminator 2, the third film in a series if you will. We'll be continuing John's story, with Sarah's story, and the T-800 returns — a different T-800 with a very different role to play than what we've seen before.

Personally, I think this is a bit of misdirection on Cameron's part. Sure this new film will continue John's STORY but that doesn't mean little Connor is still alive when the film kicks off. I think he got killed after that ending scene in T2 (you know the one with him playing with his daughter as old Sarah watches on) and now Mama Connor is on a rip-roaring rampage of revenge. But maybe that's just me…

The film is said to be a direct sequel to Cameron's T2: JUDGMENT DAY. Here's what went down in that flick:

In this sequel set eleven years after "The Terminator," young John Connor (Edward Furlong), the key to civilization's victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shape-shifting T-1000 (Robert Patrick), a Terminator sent from the future to kill him. Another Terminator, the revamped T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger), has been sent back to protect the boy. As John and his mother (Linda Hamilton) go on the run with the T-800, the boy forms an unexpected bond with the robot.

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE is directed by Tim Miller (DEADPOOL) from a screenplay written by David S. Goyer, based on a story conceived by Miller, Cameron, and David Ellison. Cameron and Ellison serve as the sequel's producers alongside Dana Goldberg. The film will star Schwarzenegger and Hamilton, along with Mackenzie Davis, Gabriel Luna, Natalia Reyes, and Diego Boneta. The film previously had release dates of July 26, November 15, and November 22, 2019, but now TERMINATOR: DARK FATE is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2019. For real this time. No, really.