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TERMINATOR Rights on Sale
Terminator Franchise hits the Auction Block. By
Jarrod Sarafin
November 02, 2009
Source: FT.com
(L-r) BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD as Kate Connor, CHRISTIAN BALE as John Connor and MOON BLOODGOOD as Blair Williams in Warner Bros. Pictures' action/sci-fi feature "Terminator Salvation," a Warner Bros. Pictures release, also starring Sam Worthington.
© Richard Foreman
Expanding on September's story that future rights to the Terminator franchise is in limbo with Halcyon entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Financial Times has updated on which specific companies are looking towards shelling out cash for the rights to the lucrative brand name.
Several financial buyers have expressed interest in Terminator. All the big film studios have also registered interest in the rights, with Sony Pictures a leading contender, according to a person familiar with the situation. Sony declined to comment.
Summit Entertainment, the company behind the Twilight series, is tracking the sale, as is Media Rights Capital, which produced Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno, the person added. The rights are being sold by Halcyon, the production company behind Terminator Salvation, the latest instalment in the series, which grossed $380m worldwide. The auction does not cover earlier Terminator films.
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well i hope they still make terminator 5 and 6 with whatever production company