Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003), and one hell of a challenge to secure the Terminator rights

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

After 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, James Cameron's interest in making a third Terminator movie seemed to wane. However, that didn't stop others trying to take things forward. And whilst Arnold Schwarzenegger would, for many years, insist that he'd only make T3 with Cameron, a string of underwhelming box office performers started to have an impact for Arnie. That said, just securing the rights to Terminator caused no end of challenges, and would drive a wedge between James Cameron and two of his friends. And that's just part of the story... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:02.2	I'm the founder of Film Stories Magazine and a very warm welcome to the latest episode of the Film Stories podcast.
0:09.4	Talk to the hand.
0:11.0	Come with me.
0:13.4	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:16.5	And movies.
0:17.6	Movies that had stories.
0:19.3	That the story just sucks a man. This is just the beginning.
0:24.4	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:31.1	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew. I am Simon Brew. As always,
0:36.0	that's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
0:38.6	If you're having the podcast, well, it's given away by the title. I'm here to talk up the stories of films,
0:42.9	and I tend to talk about development stories, marketing stories, release stories, complicated rights stories, trade agreements, all those joyous things.
0:50.9	Basically, all the ingredients that go towards making the films that we know and
0:54.3	sometimes love. Just that, the films that we know and sometimes love. The films I tend to cover
0:59.8	on this podcast, they lean more to as the mainstream than anything else. There are films I'm
1:03.5	interested in or invested in to some degree. I try not to do snark. I try not to punch damn.
1:08.8	This podcast is a celebration of cinema and a real appreciation
1:11.9	that somehow, somehow films managed to get made. If you do like this podcast, please do subscribe,
1:19.8	leave nice comments. Head to patreon.com slash Simon Brew and support it. Thank you very much.
1:25.7	Likewise, film stories, this is a very, very proud part of the
1:28.8	Film Stories Podcast Network. That's a network of over 50 shows across films, TV and gaming. If you go to
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