Don't expect Linda Hamilton to return as female heroine Sarah Connor in future Terminator films, as the actress is done playing the character.
In an interview with Business Insider, Hamilton said she is not interested in returning to the sci-fi franchise and evading killer machines from the future sent back in time.
"I'm done. I'm done. I have nothing more to say. The story's been told, and it's been done to death," Hamilton said. "Why anybody would relaunch it is a mystery to me. But I know our Hollywood world is built on relaunches right now."
Of course, this is not the first time Hamilton has said she is "done" playing Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2020, Hamilton said she "would be quite happy to never return" to the role. The response was to the interviewer's question regarding the unimpressive box office performance of 2019's Terminator: Dark Fate, in which Hamilton starred in reprising her role.
There have been talks about a franchise reboot, with James Cameron mentioning it a few times over the last few years. First, in 2022, during an appearance on the SmartLess podcast, where the The Terminator creator said a franchise reboot was "in discussion," expressing interest in focusing more on the "AI side" of things rather than homicidal robots. Cameron would once again mention a Terminator reboot in 2023 during the Dell Technologies World Conference, stating he began writing a script for a new Terminator movie and reiterating once again that it would be more AI-centric than previous Terminator films.
In IGN's review of Terminator: Dark Fate, we said: "Terminator: Dark Fate largely succeeds where the last three installments have failed to make the franchise pop again."
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
