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Visionary filmmaker struggles as real AI overtakes his original sci-fi imaginations

By DigiconAsia Editors | Thursday, September 18, 2025, 11:43 AM Asia/Singapore

Visionary filmmaker struggles as real AI overtakes his original sci-fi imaginations

As reality overtakes fiction, it forces a reckoning with a future shaped by unstoppable and unsettling hidden forces that are real.

The director of the Terminator movie franchise, James Cameron, has confirmed he is actively writing the script for a new Terminator movie.

Despite his commitment, Cameron has admitted in a recent CNN interview he is struggling to complete the story due to the rapid pace of technological change and global events that increasingly make science fiction feel like reality: “I’ve been unable to get started on that very far because I don’t know what to say that won’t be overtaken by real events. We are living in a science fiction age right now.”

Cameron explained the challenge is not a lack of ideas, but the difficulty of crafting a narrative that remains relevant as real-world advances in AI and weapon systems rapidly outpace fiction.

He noted: “when the first Terminator came out in the ’80s, the movie’s premise did seem a lot more far-fetched than it does today, and the advent of AI has resulted in a very real fear that the technology could become too advanced and ultimately become self-aware”. The challenge now is to create a plot that will reboot the franchise, potentially bringing fresh characters and storylines rather than continuing previous arcs.

Though no release date or casting details have been revealed, Cameron’s involvement has renewed interest among fans and industry observers. The uncertainty over the script’s direction highlights the unique pressures of writing science fiction in an era when the technological future described onscreen draws ever closer to the headlines.

His struggle to create innovative science fiction in an era dominated by real-world AI breakthroughs is deeply ironic. The visionary who once imagined futuristic threats now finds reality surpassing fiction, underscoring how technology’s rapid advance challenges creators to keep pace with a world rapidly transforming — and possibly following the trajectory of his original mind-bending script — before their eyes.

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