Arnold Schwarzenegger has had a bit of a tough go returning to Hollywood after his seven year stint as California governor. His last film, The Last Stand, which pitted him and Johnny Knoxville against a drug cartel only mustered a hair over $12 million domestically on a budget of over $45 mill. Schwarzenegger’s long promised return (“I’ll be back”) didn’t quite do much for audiences and, if anything, signaled a monetary loss on Lionsgate‘s part.
However, the idea of Schwarzenegger re-teaming with director James Cameron could signal a return to the glory days for his career. To this day, Terminator 2 continues to be the most financially successful movie that Schwarzenegger has been involved in so. Considering Cameron’s Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time, there’s no doubt that the sequel will put up massive numbers, meaning Schwarzenegger could see a boost in his career after being front-and-center in such a high profile film.
This new rumor was broken by the notoriously accurate Latino Review, who more often than not are on-the-money, and suggests that Schwarzenegger would play “a bad guy human general”. It is currently unknown whether Schwarzenegger would just be involved in Avatar 2 or if his involvement would spread throughout all three sequels Cameron is developing.
For now, Scwarzenegger is set to co-star in the rebooted Terminator for director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, Thor: The Dark World) as well as a new iteration of The Legend of Conan.
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