Now I hear Lionsgate's bid was $15 million, plus a gross corridor, for the rights to The Terminator franchise.

How about Disney I bet they could have a great Mickernator 

Will Christian Bale yet again be John Connor like in Salvation or will there be someone else? 
 

Honestly, the only movie I wasn;t crazy about is the first, I've enjoyed all 3 of the other films. 

They should have sold it to Joss Whedon.

if they make a new terminator with the humans bunkered up and hk's etc all over the place like in nightmare from terminator 1 i will go see it , its what i was hoping for from salvation hence why i thought its was naff.

Maybe Lionsgate could do something with this franchise.

"  Is this on ebay?  *joke*    "

I think they should stop with The Terminator films, IMO. Successful franchises (something as good as the first two), always seem to be milked out. Terminator ended with Judgement Day, with me. The war sounds cool, but I don't think they can capture its original essence.

" They should have sold it to Joss Whedon. "

It's a company thing. It's way out of the director's hands.

I can see it now. A desperate franchise is left alone on the dusty ground, not knowing what to do next. Along comes Lionsgate, reaching out it's hand. The production company lookes down onto the poor and withered franchise and says, "come with me if you want to live." The Terminator franchise doesn't know what other choice it has so it takes Lionsgate's hand and stands up. The franchise pauses for a moment, takes a deep breath and then looks at the camera. "I'm back."

The dood running Lionsgate can suck it.  While they may greenlight some great flicks, the way he treated Midnight Meat Train and a lot of the previous CEO's greenlights is downright despicable. 
 
There are other places that I can GUARANTEE would love to get their hands on this.  I'll almost guarantee that WB will put in a good bid, and then have Legendary work on the franchise...since Legendary seems to only make good movies.

i feel like allot of companies dont want to deal with the franchise becuase as good as it is, its not one that they are going to be able to mold to their will. Terminator has already established itself a timline and a history, and theres not much you can do with that but finish the story. Sure it could make a great ongoing TV show, but i dont think movie goers are willing to put up with more than a couple more movies in this series.
 but what do i know?

" They should have sold it to Joss Whedon. "

been a fan of lionsgates movies for awhile now i welcome them to the terminator word...just no more time travel pick one decade and stick with it