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JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, November 6, 2009 2:59 PM

Terminator Almost Sold!

The rights to the franchise have changed hands many times and were sold to Halcyon for $25m two years ago by Mario Kassar, who produced Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

But Halcyon is struggling financially and recently applied for bankruptcy protection from Pacificor, a California-based hedge fund that lent it the funds to buy the Terminator rights.

All the big film studios have registered interest in the rights, with Sony Pictures reported to be a leading contender.

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 Terminator auction comes three weeks after the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were sold for $60m.

The Terminator franchise is expected to fetch as much as three times that.

Referring to the Turtles sale, Kevin Shultz, senior managing director at FTI which was appointed by Halcyon in the wake of its protection application, said of the Terminator auction: "We have a property that has made three times the box office takings."

The Terminator series was launched in 1984 and portrayed the efforts of lethal cyborgs sent from the future to kill young tearaway John Connor.

STORYMARK

Friday, November 6, 2009 5:11 PM

BTW, the auction is for the rights to make future installments, and does not include any previous ones - so whoever buys it wont get the TSCC rights....

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

STORYMARK

Friday, November 6, 2009 5:15 PM

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Originally posted by jameron4eva:
WHO GIVES A RATS ASS ABOUT GLEE?

Several million people more than care about TSCC.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

JAMERON4EVA

Sunday, November 8, 2009 6:13 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Quote:
Originally posted by jameron4eva:
WHO GIVES A RATS ASS ABOUT GLEE?

Several million people more than care about TSCC.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

Obviously you work for FOX.

"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22

KWICKO

Monday, November 9, 2009 12:53 AM

You know Glee is on Fox too, right?

JAMERON4EVA

Friday, November 13, 2009 12:47 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
You know Glee is on Fox too, right?

My archnemisis, maybe we should team together and take out the FOX threat, what do you say T-888?

"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22

KWICKO

Friday, November 13, 2009 2:16 AM

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Originally posted by jameron4eva:
Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
You know Glee is on Fox too, right?

My archnemisis, maybe we should team together and take out the FOX threat, what do you say T-888?

"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22

Not me - I *LIKE* Glee. :)

But hey, Dollhouse is a goner now, so that should make you feel SOME better, yeah?

BTW, I must be moving up in the world. I'm an "archnemesis" now. Heck, yesterday I don't even think I was considered a NEMESIS by anyone around here. It's almost enough to make my coal-black heart grow three sizes!

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

STORYMARK

Friday, November 13, 2009 6:26 PM

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Originally posted by jameron4eva:
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Originally posted by Storymark:
Quote:
Originally posted by jameron4eva:
WHO GIVES A RATS ASS ABOUT GLEE?

Several million people more than care about TSCC.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

Obviously you work for FOX.

"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22

So... wait, how's that now? By pointing out a fact, or do Fox executives have the magical ability to alter the ratings.

Face it, your show failed for low ratings. It sucks, but it's what happened.

The rights are now up for sale, and the showrunner from TSCC is now doing a Charlie's Angels TV show. It's dead, Jim.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, December 5, 2009 6:31 PM

I would rather another season of Terminator than Glee

JAMERON4EVA

Sunday, December 6, 2009 4:49 AM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Quote:
Originally posted by jameron4eva:
Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Quote:
Originally posted by jameron4eva:
WHO GIVES A RATS ASS ABOUT GLEE?

Several million people more than care about TSCC.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

Obviously you work for FOX.

"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22

So... wait, how's that now? By pointing out a fact, or do Fox executives have the magical ability to alter the ratings.

Face it, your show failed for low ratings. It sucks, but it's what happened.

The rights are now up for sale, and the showrunner from TSCC is now doing a Charlie's Angels TV show. It's dead, Jim.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

First off Troll, do you realize that the ratings for TSCC, never egot close to how low they ALWAYS were for DOLLHOUSE? Humm, did you nitice that?

"Mom, he has her chip. He has her."
John Connor,"Born To Run", TSCC EP 2x22