Want To Buy The Terminator Franchise?
If you have a few million dollars laying around you might be in luck. Or have a very wealthy uncle that might be able to give you a few bucks. Go bid.
Looks like the franchise is up for Auction now.
All the big studios, with Sony leading the way, as well as Summit Entertainment and Media Rights Capital, are interested in bidding when the Terminator franchise is auctioned off this month. This news comes from the Financial Times' Matthew Garrahan who says the rights auction is for new Terminator films, TV programs and other spin-offs (Because we all know The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Fox did so well, right?) that build on the popularity of the franchise. The sale is being conducted by FTI Capital Advisors for Halcyon which bought the Terminator rights 2 years ago for $25M from Mario Kassar. Halcyon recently filed for Chapter 11 after a dispute with Pacificor, a Santa Barbara-based hedge fund that lent Halcyon the sum to buy the Terminator rights. Sheesh, I think this character/concept is played out. Then again, Terminator 4: Salvation made $380M worldwide.
So if you have 40-60 million dollars laying around take a shot at it.
I wouldn't mind seeing a smaller company like Summit get the franchise, they have done a great job with The Twilight Saga. Great marketing and have sold the shit out of the movies. But more then likely the deep pockets will win and I see Sony coming out on top.
Let's cross our fingers and see.
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