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May 9, 2007 — In a move that puts three more installments of "Terminator" on a fast track, newly formed The Halcyon Company has bought out all rights to the cyborg franchise from C2 partners Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna for an undisclosed amount, Variety reports.

Halcyon, a privately funded company hatched recently by entrepreneurs Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson, acquired the right to produce films, future merchandising and licensing ventures. They also get any participation that Kassar and Vajna would have been entitled to for licensing the rights in a spinoff deal for "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," a Warner Bros.-produced series that is awaiting pickup by FBC. They also get any future C3 revenues that will come in from "Terminator 3."

The beachhead of the venture is "Terminator 4," a project that already has a script by "T3" writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris. It has been crafted as the first leg in a trilogy. That project will be spearheaded by its producer, Moritz Borman, the former CEO of Intermedia Films who was exec producer of "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines." Kubicek and Anderson will co-produce and former PolyGram Films marketing president Peter D. Graves will be executive producer and oversee marketing of the picture.

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