Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't slowing down, and if anything, he’s being ambitious in wanting to making three ambitious action movie sequels.
While on Jimmy Kimmel, Arnold, 79, confirmed he's working on sequels to "Predator," "Commando," and "Conan." He also made it clear that none of them move forward until the writing is right.
"Yeah, absolutely. That's a lot of stuff," Schwarzenegger said. "But I mean, you know, it's like I'm looking forward to see the scripts because that's where the action is. What's not on the page is not on the stage. So I just wait for the scripts to get perfected and then we go and start shooting those things."
When Kimmel asked if Conan was still a barbarian, Schwarzenegger set him straight:
It would be King Conan. King Conan. So he's like a Conan that is my age, that has been king for 40 years and, you know, now is getting somewhat complacent, and they want to overthrow him and get rid of him. So it would be a story like that.
Back in May, Arnold called “King Conan” his "Unforgiven," and that comparison still makes the most sense. Christopher McQuarrie, who directed Tom Cruise's last four "Mission: Impossible" movies, is set to write and direct "King Conan" at 20th Century Studios, with — last we checked —cameras expected to roll in 2027.
On "Predator," Schwarzenegger has said he's talked with Dan Trachtenberg about bringing Dutch back for real after his wordless animated cameo in "Predator: Killer of Killers." As for "Commando 2," all we know is that a script exists, and that one seems, to me, like the most far fetched possibility of the three potential projects mentioned.
Schwarzenegger, once the biggest action movie star in the world, last appeared on the big screen almost seven years ago in 2019’s poorly received “Terminator: Dark Fate.” He hasn't had a box office hit since 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," the last film he headlined before becoming governor of California.
He did recently shoot Adam Shankman’s Christmas action comedy, “The Man With the Bag,” which Amazon/MGM has positioned for straight to streaming on December 2.
While on Jimmy Kimmel, Arnold, 79, confirmed he's working on sequels to "Predator," "Commando," and "Conan." He also made it clear that none of them move forward until the writing is right.