'Terminator 5' Prequel/Reboot Inspired by 'Batman Begins' According to Rumored Director Alan Taylor

Director Alan Taylor has a blockbuster film coming out this year in Thor: The Dark World, but he is still talking about his next (rumored) project. The filmmaker was just hired to helm the Terminator reboot, which was previously listed as the fifth installment of the series. We recently learned that this new movie would be a prequel, thus rebooting the iconic film series (if successful). Taylor recently revealed where he's getting inspiration for the making of this new movie, and it might not be surprising.

In terms of origin stories, Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins is the new go-to example of how to do them right. Nolan's Batman reboot launched one of the most successful movie trilogies of all time as well as one of the greatest films, The Dark Knight. In other words, Taylor is on the right track so far for 2015's Terminator reboot.

Taylor has yet to confirm his directing role in the film, but did share some insight on the rumors going around about the project.

"Funny thing was it came out really early, a reminder of what the blogosphere can do. I had one conversation, didn't tell anyone and then all of a sudden, BOOM, it was online the next day. So my agent said, 'You probably should know [this is gonna come up].' It's progressed a lot since then, but I'm still officially going to call it a rumor," he said in regards to rumors that he was attached to direct the new movie.

And then when asked what he would do if he, hypothetically, were to direct the film he said:

We all love the first two and I actually went back and watched them again and my respect level only went up. I think there is another famous franchise that had a wonderful beginning and then turned a little bananas....Tim Burton's first Batman is just glorious and by the time it got around to nipples on costumes and all that stuff it sort of lost its way. And for [Christopher] Nolan to come in an say 'I respect this material so much I'm going to take it up to *here,* that's a great inspiration.' I think any version, whoever is directing Terminator, would be very respectful and serve the first two and probably feel a bit more freedom by the end.

Does this get you excited about the upcoming reboot?