Terminator 2: Judgment Day is officially returning to cinemas to mark its 35th anniversary, restored in 4K, RealD 3D and other premium formats. The re-release lets audiences experience James Cameron's action classic on the big screen again, with the director noting the version was lovingly prepared in 3D to be seen exactly as intended. (Note: although the headline references "Aliens", the article itself concerns Terminator 2.)

The film opens across various territories from 27 August 2026, beginning with Germany, LATAM and the Czech Republic, followed by the United States, Italy and Poland on 28 August, France on 2 September, and Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden and Hungary on 3 September. UK audiences will be able to see it from 4 September. Cameron used the announcement to make a light-hearted jab at current anxieties over artificial intelligence, joking that after 35 years it was safe to reveal a spoiler — that the good guys defeat the AI superintelligence — and offering it as "a message of hope" for the summer.