Jonathan Mostow, the director of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, reflected on the franchise history and how revolutionary Terminator 2: Judgment Day was. The road to a subsequent film in the Terminator franchise took many years to make headway because of Caroloco Pictures seeking financial protection and differences in opinions between various studios and Terminator creator, James Cameron. At the point when the movie finally entered pre-production, many directors were considered for the work including Ang Lee, David Fincher, and Ridley Scott yet it was Jonathan Mostow who eventually landed the pined for position.
Presently, Mostow has reflected on the film and the major contribution Terminator 2: Judgment Day had on the franchise. In an interview with Comicbookmovie.com, Mostow talks about how the complicated rights issues to the Terminator franchise have impacted the various movies yet noticed how that further makes Terminator 2 so impressive. He set off to make Terminator 3: Judgment Day as a fan of the originals and has appreciated what the various filmmakers have brought to each later installment. Mostow said the accompanying regarding the franchise:
Since the release of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the franchise has gone down an interesting road. Notwithstanding recasting various characters, Terminator Salvation plays as a direct spin-off of T3, featuring the newly introduced character of Katherine Brewster as John Connor’s wife and showing the aftermath of the Judgment Day displayed in it. However, the film underperformed in the cinema world, and the franchise was rebooted in 2015 with Terminator: Genisys in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s official return to the series after his time as Governor of California. The franchise would then be rebooted once more in 2019 with the release of Terminator: Dark Fate with James Cameron returning to the franchise as producer and Linda Hamilton reprising her role as Sarah Connor. However, that film, similar to the previous entries, disappointed in the cinema world, and currently no other Terminator film has been announced.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day cast a major shadow in the realm of the other Terminator films, yet other action films as well. It has been refered to as an effect on both Captain Marvel and the forthcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. While Terminator 3: Rise of the Machine may not have been able to completely capture the achievement of the franchise, it was the first Terminator movie for an entire generation and aided open them to the legacy.