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Can The Rock Save The Terminator Franchise? We Think So

Can you smell what the T-800 is cooking?

Sergio PereirabySergio Pereira
March 26, 2025
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The Rock Terminator T-800 Movie Reboot

Oh, how James Cameron‘s Terminator franchise has fallen! At one point, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was considered one of the best films of all time, breaking box office records and garnering accolades aplenty. In 2019, the latest instalment in the series, Terminator: Dark Fate, lost the studios involved an estimated $130 million. It’s looking likely that Terminator‘s time on the big screen could be disappearing for some time, since no studio will want to touch a franchise that loses money. There is a solution, though, one that most people could get behind. Soft reboot the Terminator franchise with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the lead.

  • Beyond Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton: Expanding the Lore
  • The Rock: The Hottest Action Star
  • Can Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Save Terminator From its Downward Spiral?

Beyond Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton: Expanding the Lore

While Terminator has always been predominantly Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton’s franchise, the lore is a lot deeper than the T-800, Sarah and John Connor. Paging through the comic books, you’ll find a host of other intertwined stories begging for adaptation. There’s an opportunity to tell a similar story, i.e. Terminator sent back through time to find someone, but without having to tread on the previous stories.

The Rock: The Hottest Action Star

It’s no secret that The Rock is the hottest action star in the world right now. You could argue it was his introduction in Fast & Furious that turned it from a so-so franchise into the box office juggernaut it currently is. The Rock puts butts in cinema chairs, and there aren’t as many bankable actors in Hollywood as him.

The reason for his success is simple. In every way, he’s the perfect prototype of an action hero: He possesses natural charisma, good looks and biceps that need to be registered as weapons of mass destruction. He is the total package, and the audiences and filmmakers love him.

Can Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Save Terminator From its Downward Spiral?

Dwayne The Rock Johnson Save Terminator Movie Franchise T-800 Reboot

Given the right framework, yes, he can. It isn’t hard to imagine the fear in someone’s eyes as a physical specimen like the People’s Champ hunts them down. It’s such a mind-blowingly obvious casting that you wonder why it hasn’t been done yet.

And the best part? Fans have clamoured for The Rock in Terminator for a long time, especially after there were rumours he was originally considered for Terminator Genisys. Maybe it’s time to pull the trigger and get the biggest movie star in the world right now in a franchise that needs some star power to elevate it to its former glory. After all, no one wants it to be hasta la vista, baby.

RELATED: Why Zack Snyder Is The Perfect Choice For A Terminator Reboot

Tell us, would you like to see Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in a Terminator movie reboot?

The Terminator

The Terminator, a cyborg assassin from the future, attempts to find and kill Sarah Connor, a waitress who is destined to give birth to a man who will save humankind from extinction.

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Studio: Hemdale Pacific, Western Productions, Euro Film Funding, Cinema '84, Orion Pictures
Running Time: 107 minutes
Release Date: October 26, 1984
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton
Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, William Wisher
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Box Office: $78.3 million
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  1. Sixus says:
    3 years ago

    Have Arnold’s son Joseph be the new star since he looks just like Arnold.

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  2. paul says:
    3 years ago

    After seeing the Black Adam trailer, I don’t have much hope for that happening, Dwayne is the new Michael Caine.
    I know I’m going out on a limb here reading into Dark Fate, that it set up a fight between Legion and Skynet, that the Skynet terminators and Legion terminators come back to a center timeline to battle it out so as to win in their own timelines.
    Who wouldn’t want to see Kristanna Loken come back, arriving oh natural in the center of Rodeo Drive? De-age Robert Patrick, and maybe even bring in the Sarah Connor Chronicles terminators as well, not like Summer Glau is doing much these days.
    Terminator vs Terminator vs, vs, vs etc.

    Reply

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