With Halycon serving as the second wife to the Terminator franchise, the $25 million dollar wedding was not enough to stave off their creditors and now after two short years they are parting ways.
Halycon is auctioning off the franchise, which rumour has it Sony is a top contender.
According to Financial Times, the plan is now to auction off the rights later this month. No word on how much the franchise is expected to bring in, but since the rights to “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” sold for $60 million just a few weeks ago, it is likely that the “Terminator” franchise will be sold for much more.
“We have a property that has made three times the box office [takings of the TMNT films],” said Kevin Shultz, senior managing director Halcyon Holding Group.
What this will mean for Terminator sequels we won’t know until the new buyer lays down the law.
The comparison to the TMNT franchise seems a little unbalanced. TMNT is something that can be reintroduced a dozen times in a dozen ways and still keep its core story. There are many different mediums that the Heroes of the Half Shell could be marketed and sold off to kids, while Terminator has a limited audience. I honestly don’t see the rights going for that much more, though I suspect they might top out higher than the TMNT bid.
Personally for me, the story was over with 2 and I didn’t need to see more. Ironicly I did enjoy the Sarah Conner Chronicles on TV and if anything I would like to see a Sarah Conner story set after the first film, learning all her skills and contacts.
But the future war was just visuals to me and no heart.
