Paramount Pictures canceled the premiere of Terminator: Dark Fate thanks to the overnight eruption of the Getty Fire in Los Angeles, which also forced Arnold Schwarzenegger to evacuate his home. Directed by Deadpool's Tim Miller, Terminator: Dark Fate follows another young woman being hunted down by a relentless murder machine, one with powerful new abilities. The sixth Terminator film will still be released nationwide this week on November 1.
Fans have a lot of good reasons to get their hopes up for the newest entry in the Terminator franchise, which has struggled to satisfy fans and critics since the second sequel was released in 1991. Terminator 2: Judgement Day, directed by James Cameron, is widely considered both one of the greatest sequels ever made and one of the greatest action movies, period. Unfortunately for Terminator franchise fans, subsequent sequels have lowered the bar considerably. However, with Cameron returning as a producer and Linda Hamilton and Schwarzenegger returning to the cast list, Terminator: Dark Fate could revitalize the franchise.
The Getty Fire erupted early morning in Los Angeles on October 28, quickly spreading to 618 acres. Because of the Getty Fire, Paramount Pictures canceled the premiere of Terminator: Dark Fate on Monday night, according to CBSLA. The newest film in the Terminator franchise would have premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Schwarzenegger and his family evacuated in the middle of the night to escape the fire, along with other Californians in the fire's path. The mandatory evacuation zone includes an estimated 10,000 residences and commercial buildings, forcing thousands of Los Angelenos to flee their homes in the middle of the night. The evacuation zone includes parts of the city familiar to film fans, such as Mulholland Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard. Paramount Pictures says that the food intended for the Terminator: Dark Fate release party will instead be donated to the American Red Cross, which is assisting residents displaced by the blaze.
While studio publicists gear up for the release of major blockbuster films for the Thanksgiving and Christmas movie season, California firefighters are preparing for yet another deadly wildfire season. California's wildfire season typically lasts from September to December as the Santa Ana winds increase in intensity. As the former governor of California (affectionately known as the Governator), Schwarzenegger is extremely familiar with the hazards of southern California wildfires.
Multiple outlets have compared the Getty Fire to a living Hollywood disaster movie. And since annual forest fires are now endemic to the Golden State, Hollywood is adjusting to the new reality. Countless celebrities are now involved in climate change activism, and many have specifically cited these deadly fires as reasons to take action. If more Hollywood premieres and productions are interrupted by wildfires, risk-averse studios may be forced to move production outside of Southern California. With strong entertainment industries in cities like Atlanta and New York City, where sudden cataclysmic fires are not a danger, studio heads may be tempted to shift the center of the entertainment-industrial complex out of sunny Los Angeles in the near future.
Source: Arnold Schwarzenegger / CBSLA
