TERMINATOR 5 (Justin Lin walks away)

• JUSTIN LIN GETS TERMINATED!!

Director Justin Lin may now be forced to exit the nextinstallment of the Terminator franchise. With rights owner Megan Ellisonpushing for a Q4 2012 production start date, Lin might be calling it quits forTerminator 5 since the director has already committed to shooting The Fast andThe Furious 6 during that same time frame.

Justin Lin may exit Terminator 5

According to Deadline, however, Lin is still up for doingboth if they can work out a better schedule for T5. This seems entirelypossible since Ellison has yet to present a script or, as far as we can tell,hire any writer at all.

Since purchasing the Terminator franchise rights at Cannesearlier this year for $20 million, Ellison has been put on a clock to get theball rolling. Details of the agreement state that in 2018, certain rightsrevert back to James Cameron. Nevertheless, this should be plenty of time toproduce and release the two films that will conclude the series.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the other hand, is still aboardfor the sequel. In fact, the actor has also managed to squeeze out a fewbrainstorming sessions with Cameron, even though the latter is not directlyinvolved with the project.