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TERMINATOR Rights Battle Brewing

BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD (left) as Kate Connor and CHRISTIAN BALE as John Connor in Warner Bros. Pictures' action/sci-fi feature "Terminator Salvation," a Warner Bros. Pictures release, also starring Sam Worthington.
© Warner Bros. Pictures

Update: Cue the screeching brake sounds because it looks there's more to this story than another big-budget Terminator installment hitting. Deadline is reporting Pacificor, a company that likewise owns theatrical rights to the popular brand, has sent a cease and desist letter to the below mentioned Hannover House. It's a certain bet that this is going to courts and you can check out the full details of the brewing battle here. 

Original story: A year after Christian Bale and Sam Worthington led Terminator Salvation, it seems that big-budget installments of the franchise are still set for the silver screen. Only the next story may be animated, Maniacs. Hannover and Red Bear Entertainment have passed along the following announcement regarding their intentions of a $70 million budgeted animation called Terminator 3000.

Hannover House, the entertainment distribution division of Target Development Group, Inc., has entered into a feature film development venture with Vancouver-based Red Bear Entertainment, for Terminator 3000, envisioned as a $70-million dollar budgeted, 3D animated feature film based on the characters and situations introduced in the original Terminator feature. Hannover House C.E.O. Eric Parkinson previously served as C.E.O. of Hemdale Home Video, Inc. and Hemdale Communications, Inc., and handled the distribution of the original Terminator feature.

Story details for Terminator 3000 are being kept under close wraps, but the writers and production team have a stated goal of minimizing violence in order to obtain a PG-13 level of material.

Hemdale produced and distributed director James Cameron's original Terminator feature, but released the sequel rights in 1990 to Carolco, which later transferred the rights to ultimately end up under the control of Halcyon Media. Santa Barbara based Pacificor, LLC prevailed in the most recent auction and transfer of rights to the franchise in January, and retains approval and licensing authority over the proposed Terminator 3000 project.

Hannover House and Red Bear Entertainment will release details of the production timing, financing and principal production personnel later this year, in advance of a proposed January, 2011 start.

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