San Diego Comic-Con is a hell of a time for the entertainment industry, not least because of directors whose involvement in projects is often announced, teased, or otherwise revealed, but news of older projects can occasionally pop up. This was the case for this year’s Directors on Directors Collider panel in Room H, which was attended not only by John Wick director Chad Stahelski as well as John Carter director Andrew Stantonbut also Tim Millerwho has worked on films such as Dead Poolas well as projects such as Love, death + robots.

But, along with a mercenary with a mouth, Miller is connected to another franchise: Terminatorscience fiction franchise featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the titular killer robot. Miller directed the 2019 film. Terminator: Dark Fatein which they not only starred Station ElevenX Mackenzie Davis as well as Natalia Reyesbut also Linda Hamilton and Schwarzenegger, reunited on screen after twenty-three years of separation. The film introduced a new canon in Terminator franchise, ignoring events Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Rescueas well as Terminator Genesis.

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Miller was able to reveal some details about the future of the franchise to Collider himself. Steve Weintraub on the panel, noting that Terminator The universe would be interesting for further study. He suggested that with the right cast and director, a smaller budget Terminator the movie might even be a huge hit, and he thought he might want to try his hand at making a computer-generated Terminator movie.

Terminator is one of the most iconic sci-fi franchises of the 1980s, with the Terminator himself vying with Marty McFly and Mad Max for the title of the decade’s greatest sci-fi action hero. As of 2010, the franchise has generated over $3 billion in revenue, and the original film has spawned five sequels, including dark fateas well as a number of web series, video games, TV shows, novels, and comics. dark fate was the first time that creative control of a franchise returned to James Cameronwhere it is to this day.

Prior to his directorial debut with Dead Pool in 2016, Miller himself served as creative lead and director on a number of projects, including Scott Pilgrim vs the World. He was also the executive producer of both Sonic the Hedgehog films, as well as the creation Love, death + robots, for which he wrote two episodes and directed two more. In 2019, it won a Primetime Emmy for a TV series, taking home the award for Outstanding Animated Short Form.