'Terminator 4', the start of a new 'Terminator' trilogy, may hit cinema screens in summer 2009.
Producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna sold their 'Terminator' rights to the Halcyon Co for an undisclosed sum, which is supposed to be in the tens of millions of dollars.
Halcyon, a privately funded company, now own the right to produce 'Terminator' films, future merchandising and licensing ventures.
Though no director or cast has yet been secured, they plan to start immediate preproduction on 'Terminator 4', which has a script by 'T3' writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris.
Like the most recent Batman and James Bond films, the new backers see 'T4' as an attempt to reinvent the franchise with new cast and plotlines.
