The auction’s early leader, it turned out, was Lionsgate, whose bid a few weeks back was confirmed as the stalking horse offer. In short, anyone who wanted to put their name forward as a potential bidder for the franchise had to meet Lionsgate’s offer just to stay in the game. So who did? Well, the firm who now has the rights to the Terminator games, movies, television shows and other spin-offs is … Pacificor. You’ve not heard of Pacificor, right? That’s okay, neither have we. It turns out it’s a hedge fund, and one that had previously demanded $30m in damages from Halcyon. Pacificor was also the company that, in the words of Deadline Hollywood, “pushed [Halcyon] into bankruptcy”. Basically, the Terminator franchise is effectively now owned by bankers. Where does this leave the Terminator franchise? It pretty much guarantees that there’s going to be another film – you don’t pay $30m for the rights to something and don’t do anything with it, after all. Whether it’ll continue the story arc started in Terminator: Salvation remains to be seen, of course. Deadline Hollywood has the full story here.
