Leave the kids at home, Terminator: Dark Fate is getting a US R-rating, which means any under 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Its Australian rating will be determined before its October 31 release.
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Director Tim Miller told the audience at San Diego Comic-Con that it wasn't always going to be the plan, but the fans demanded it.
The panel that kicked off the fan convention on Thursday may also have gotten the same rating with the number of expletives thrown around by Miller.
Arnold Schwarzenegger even won $20 because Miller said one particular word more than five times.
"It was 10," Schwarzenegger said. "I counted."
Would you expect any less from the director of Deadpool?
I felt there was a world of richness I could explore and then rock it as a woman of a certain age.
- Linda Hamilton
Miller and Schwarzenegger were joined by Linda Hamilton, who is reprising her role as Sarah Connor, franchise newcomer Mackenzie Davis and other cast members on stage.
This latest film ignores the events of the last Terminator movie, Terminator: Genisys, with Emilia Clarke which bombed with audiences and critics in 2015.
Instead Dark Fate picks up where James Cameron left off with Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991.
Producer David Ellison even told Miller that he didn't do Terminator as well as he'd wished the first time around with Genisys and wanted to try again.
Part of the strategy to "get it right" involved bringing Cameron back to produce.
Cameron chimed in via a live broadcast from the set of the Avatar sequels.
His requirements for a new Terminator film started and stopped with wanting to make sure Schwarzenegger came back. It wasn't a problem, since Schwarzenegger himself said he's addicted to these films.
"Terminator was the movie that really launched my action movie career," Schwarzenegger said.
Then there was the Sarah Connor question. For Cameron and many fans, Hamilton is the one true Sarah.
He sent her a "long rambling email with a lot of reasons why she should do it and a lot of reasons why she shouldn't".
The main point in the "pro column," Cameron said, is that people love her as this character.
"The character is the same but time changes everything," Hamilton said. "I felt there was a world of richness I could explore and then rock it as a woman of a certain age."
Although the 62-year-old actress is in full fighting shape in the footage and trailers, Hamilton said she didn't worry too much about getting back to her T2 self.
"One day I woke up and realised I can no longer worry about being what I was because I am so much more than what I was," she said.
"The richness of my life experience is only going to enrich the character I play."
But her 32-year-old co-star Davis conceded Hamilton would definitely win in a fight. Hamilton agreed.
"Mackenzie is stronger and younger, but I'm meaner," Hamilton said with a smile.
Edward Furlong is also returning to play John Connor again.
The audience greeted the action-packed footage with enthusiasm, which reached a crescendo when Sarah Connor debuted on screen.
Terminator: Dark Fate will open in Australia on October 31.
