Furlong/Stahl to Bale doesn't work at all for me. I guess John's been hitting the gym/plastic surgeon.

he should keep it up, he looks better every time.

BWAAAAA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!... :p


That reply kick-started my morning.

February 13, 2008


Sam Worthington (Avatar, Rogue) will star in Warner Bros. Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the fourth film in the time travel franchise.

The fact the Australian actor just played the lead in the James Cameron-directed "Avatar" is no coincidence. Cameron recommended Worthington to "Terminator Salvation" director McG, indicating that the director of the first two "Terminator" installments might be warming to the new pic.

While the "Terminator Salvation" plot has twists and turns that are being kept under tight wraps, Worthington will play the role of Marcus, a central figure in a three-picture arc that begins after Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust. A group of survivors led by John Connor (Christian Bale) struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.

Cameron kept his distance from "Terminator 3," the first he didn't direct.

Cameron never took a public position on the Jonathan Mostow-directed "T3," which grossed more than $430 million worldwide. Speculation is his history with some of the producers could have prompted him to stay on the sidelines.

"T3" was owned by Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna, who years ago bought the rights at a Carolco bankruptcy auction out from under Cameron, prompting the director to remove himself from involvement. And the "T3" rights package included a multimillion-dollar rights buyout and exec producer credit for Gale Anne Hurd, Cameron's former partner and ex-wife. He famously signed over his "Terminator" rights for $1 to her before they made the first film, in exchange for a guarantee he wouldn't be replaced as director. It was a deal that left him on the outside looking in as everyone else cashed in on "T3."

The slate is clean after Halcyon Co. bought out all franchise rights from Kassar and Vajna and set the new film for domestic distribution at Warner Bros. for summer 2009.

Sources said McG spoke on the phone recently with Cameron, who is in New Zealand working on "Avatar." It was during that chat that he recommended Worthington, who in "Avatar" plays a paraplegic war veteran from Earth who's brought to another planet inhabited by a race of humanoids at odds with Earth's inhabitants.

So will they clear up the John sends Reese to the past to save his mom and becomes his dad problem. Can they clear that up? Please please That is all I ask. Can they can they do that.. well can they?

Feb 25, 2008

Warner Bros. will open McG's Christian Bale starrer "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" on May 22, 2009, the start of Memorial Day weekend.

That puts two tentpoles on the same date, even though the release calendar for summer 2009 is still relatively open.

Twentieth Century Fox had already staked out May 22 for the bow of the Ben Stiller sequel "Night at the Museum II: Escape From the Smithsonian." First film grossed $250.9 million domestically.

Warner will distribute the pic in North America through a deal with Halcyon Co., which owns all franchise rights to the "Terminator" series.

The last film in the franchise, "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," bowed in 2003 and grossed $150.4 million domestically.

"T4" begins lensing in New Mexico for two months on May 5. The state has become a favorite locale for producers because of its production tax incentives.

Storyline is being kept under tight wraps, but plot is part of a planned three-picture arc that begins after Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust. A group of survivors led by John Connor (Bale) struggles to stop the machines. Sam Worthington ("Avatar") is in talks to star as well.

This seems to be shaping up nicely. I just hope we could atleast possibly get an Arnie cameo. If so then I will be greatly happy.

March 19, 2008


Rumors of a new title have been circulating the web, but in a new press release Warner Bros. is still calling the new Terminator sequel, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. With production set to begin in early May, more casting news has come in the previous evening.

Anton Yelchin is in negotiations to star as post-apocalyptic warrior Kyle Reese in director McG's "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins."

With production scheduled to start in early May, Paul Haggis also has been in talks about coming on board to work on the sequel's script.

Yelchin will play a teen version of Reese, the man who fathered world savior John Connor in the original "Terminator" film.

Christian Bale will play John Connor in the time-traveling third sequel to the 1984 sci-fi action film, produced by the Halcyon Co. and set for a Warner Bros. release in summer 2009.

Reese, one of the children who survived a machine-driven nuclear holocaust, befriends Marcus (Sam Worthington), an early edition of the Terminator cyborg played in previous films by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In "Salvation," the character is a young version of the one played by Michael Biehn, who traveled back in time in the original to impregnate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and father the world's future savior.

The film picks up with their son (Bale), now in his 30s, fighting desperately to save a decimated civilization against machines that have taken control. It's unclear if the father and child reunion is only a cyborg motion away in the new film.

Halcyon's Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson are producing with Moritz Borman. David Campbell Wilson, John Brancato and Michael Ferris wrote the screenplay. Principal photography is set to begin in early May.

Yelchin ("Charlie Bartlett") will next be seen as Chekov in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" for Paramount.

March 20, 2008


IGN TV spoke to McG this week while he was attending the Paley Fest celebration for NBC's Chuck (which he is an executive producer on). The director spoke at length about his next film, the fourth installment in the Terminator series.

"We're set to go May 5th," McG told us. "Just prepping it every day, bouncing back and forth between Mexico [where Terminator will be shot] and really bringing a credible, realistic cautionary look at a future 10 years ago."

The first three Terminator films showed glimpses of a post-apocalyptic future, but this will be the first chapter in the series to be firmly rooted in a time after the bombs have gone off and the machines have taken over. Explaining his approach to the film, McG said, "Naturally, the first three pictures were contemporary with Terminators coming back from the future and this picture does indeed take place 10 years from now. That's the new beginning. It's reminiscent and very much honors the mythology and I've listened very diligently to James Cameron and for that matter Jonathan Mostow, and we're going to respect that mythology, but begin again very much in the spirit of what [Christopher] Nolan did with Batman. "

The TV spinoff of the Terminator franchise, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, just wrapped up its first season and the series and new film share a producer, James Middleton. McG said, "[Middleton is] helping us keep our timeline straight and our facts straight. And fortunately, not a lot of the storytelling in the television show is evident in this new installation. It's a bit of a sequel and a prequel because it tells the story of how we got there. But none the less, it's in the future so it's interesting and challenging."

None other than Batman himself, Christian Bale, is playing John Connor in the new Terminator. Asked how Bale came to be in the film, McG said, "[Bale is] the most prolific actor of his generation. I'm interested in becoming the best director that I can possibly be and that begins with surrounding yourself with the most talented people you can. I went over to England and met with him and talked about what it is that ultimately makes us human and why humanity is worth fighting for, if it is at all. We had a long discussion about that. It was engaging to the degree that we both agreed to move forward."

March 21, 2008


Seems Cinemablend.com and TheArnoldFans.com have some fresh "Terminator 4" news. The latter has confirmation that Stan Winston will resume his role as the robot builder on the sequel, whilst Cinema Blend has some interesting plot details about the film :

- A scooper tells the site that the character of Kyle Reese will be a central character in the next three films and that his relationship with John Connor will be similar to that of Anakin and Obi-Wan in the "Star Wars" prequels.

“Just like the Star Wars prequels when it was the relationship between Anakin and Obi Wan that drove the three films, that's the concept for the new Terminator films when its between the relationship of Kyle and John, who is really father and son but with the moral dilemma with John knowing what has to be done in order for him to be born.”

This is starting to shape up to be a possible hit. I love Bale and having Stan Winston back on is awesome!

May 22, 2008


Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek, producers of the new Terminator movies were in Cannes this week and let slip some info on the sci-fi franchise to The Guardian.

When asked about the rumours that Arnold Schwarzenegger would return to the series, the duo said they couldn't say anything, but that: "At the moment we're keeping everything under lock and key, we want the fans to be really excited and surprised."

This, coupled with what Arnie himself said a few months back, means we think its a sure thing the "governator" will be making an appearance.

Speaking about the series in general, Kubicek said: "We were both big Terminator fans which is why we acquired the franchise. We're approaching it as real fans -- what would make us really happy to see in the next Terminator movie."

They said there was still a lot of mileage in the man-versus-machine story, saying: "If you think of where Terminator 3 left off, there's still a lot of potential story to be told," said Anderson. "Being huge fans, we wanted to know the rest of the story."

Also, Christian Bale isn't just starring in the upcoming Terminator franchise reboot. The Dark Knight star is signed for an entire trilogy of flicks in which he'll play resistance leader John Connor.

The producers of Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, which has already begun filming, revealed the scoop to BBC News.

Producer Victor Kubicek said, "Christian was our first choice and he's a big fan of The Terminator, so we're very lucky. But with Batman he's already done the whole franchise thing, so we weren't sure he'd respond."

"Luckily," said The Halcyon Company's Derek Anderson, "he read the script and he loved it, so he's signed on for all three."

There's no word on whether the other Terminator Salvation stars -- Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Common, Moon Bloodgood -- will be reprising their roles in subsequent flicks.

The first McG-directed instalment, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, started filming last week and will will make its bow worldwide on May 22, 2009.

In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

The film also stars Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese, Charlotte Gainsbourg as Kate Connor, Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams, Common as Barnes, and Jadagrace as Star.

Here is a peek at the concept art :-

http://rss.warnerbros.com/terminator...onceptart1.jpg

In case the image link above doesn't work :- http://rss.warnerbros.com/terminatorsalvation/

June 2, 2008


Studio suits have moved quickly to recast the role of Kate Connor – John Connor's wife in Terminator IV – after Charlotte Gainsbourg dropped out last week due to a scheduling conflict.

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Bryce Dallas Howard is in negotiations to nab the part, which will see her link up with Christian Bale playing John Connor.

Besides being the daughter of Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, Howard is most famous for her roles in The Village and as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3.

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins is set for a spring 2009 release.

I just looked on IMDb and it had Josh Brolin down as rumoured to be playing the Terminator in this.....THAT would be awesome....

***A VERY CRAZY AND POSSIBLE GIGANTIC SPOILER***


If you don't want to read this, skip it.


You have been warned...



"Alright so the main character is a cyborg named Marcus. For some background, Marcus was a criminal who was executed in 2003. He donated his body to Project Angel which was involved with SkyNet. They take his body and make a terminator out of him so he's a terminator skeleton but has living muscle/skin and a beating heart too. At the end of the movie John Connor is fighting a T800 model 101 and loses. He dies and the top resistance people come up with a plan to help the resistance keep fighting on. The resistance feels that it's important to keep the image or idea that John Connor is still alive so the resistance keeps going. So they rip off Marcus' skin and put John Connor's on the skeleton so now Marcus is John Connor."



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:eek:

June 4, 2008


Director McG reports from his official blog :-

"This movie takes place several years after Judgment Day, but prior to 2029. Just like it took a long time to get an HD plasma screen in our world, it took Skynet a lot of research and development to get to the T-800, and this movie explores that "space between." We have all been fascinated with the world after Judgment Day. Here it is.

In this film, there are Hydrobots that patrol the water, Transports that move human prisoners around, Harvesters that collect human beings as lab rats for Skynet and Aerostats that survey all that is going on with the resistance the world over.

We've started shooting the T-600 - the bigger, grimier, nastier version that preceded the T-800.

Like Reese says in 'The Terminator', they're easier to spot but they pack a mini gun and carry kick ass fire power. They're eight-foot tall killers that prowl the badlands looking for anything with a heartbeat to terminate.

Stan Winston, Production Designer Martin Laing and ILM came up with the designs and that thing is on Kyle Reese's ass throughout the entire picture. Wanted to achieve that bummer, rubbery skin, prosthetic look that cloaks an unrelenting machine with a singular focus of killing."

June 30, 2008


Helena Bonham Carter is the latest well-respected star to sign up for the new film in the Terminator franchise.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-nominated Sweeney Todd star is in talks to play a role described as "small but pivotal".

She joins other prestigious talent including The Dark Knight himself Christian Bale, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anton Yelchin and Sam Worthington on the film, which started shooting in New Mexico last month.

Warners are set to release the cyborgs-versus-humans action-fest next May.

"prestigious talent"

"Bryce Dallas Howard"



BWAHAHAHA! Yeah, right...

Yeah, I read that on AICN....sick, sad and wrong. I really hope that its misinformation.

I don't understand why they wouldn't use the only real robot in hollywood for this movie....

http://www.avclub.com/content/files/images/dolph2.jpg

Bale is awesome and Helena Bonham Carter is a stone cold fox... I'll be seeing this for sure.

Here is the FIRST EVER teaser trailer...and...it...kicks...ASS!! :cool:

Just check out Christian Bale...I SO CAN NOTTTTTTTT WAIT!! :D


http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/61...e1_071608.html

I've seen the new trailer. I was a bit disappointed it didn't show any Terminator robots. I'm also disappointed that it will be rated PG-13. I love Bale, and I love the Terminator franchise, so I'll still be seeing it. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.

July 17. 2008


The role of the T-800 played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the first three Terminator films has reportedly been recast for the now filming fourth installment, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.

Ain't It Cool News points out an article from The Clinton News Record that reveals that Austrian bodybuilder-actor Roland Kickinger has been cast as the T-800 in T4.

And the kicker about Kickinger? He actually portrayed the young Arnold in the A&E biopic See Arnold Run, which chronicled the Austrian oak's rise from bodybuilder to movie star to California governor.

"There's a very strong scene in the film where John Connor for the first time meets the Terminator, and he doesn't know if he's a good guy or a bad guy," Kickinger told the paper. "It's Arnold's character in the first Terminator. That's basically my role, but 20 years before, so it establishes how the Terminator [came] about."

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins opens summer 2009.

holy shit, roland kickinger was the big german doofus in Son Of The Beach, he practically made a career out of spoofing arnie

This is starting to shape up pretty good.

July 21, 2008


Director McG has updated his Terminator Salvation blog with details on what they’re currently filming. Seems they’re about half-way done.

”We are half way through filming. Our teaser is in theaters and playing before The Dark Knight.

You will see that this is a movie inspired by the first films, but is a true new beginning in that it takes place in the future.

All three Terminator films took place present day, with Terminators traveling back in time to attack. This picture takes place after Judgment Day. It happened. Everything is gone. The story of the movie is the “brink moment” Reese always talked about.

From a technical perspective, we have set out to achieve a completely new visual style that hasn’t been seen before. We’re shooting the film on color stock but are using a method inspired by the Oz process which was developed at Technicolor by Mike Zacharia and Bob Olson. Basically we are adding three times as much silver. It creates a surreal texture that is in keeping with the notion of the entire picture - feeling detached from the world we know today.

Every morning and every night Christian and I work on the story. Sam’s contribution has been excellent. We are committed to putting the story and character first and then supplementing that with action and visual effects. It is our intention to make a film on a large scale with the nuance and subtext of a high quality independent picture.

The richness of the story is really coming out now. It’s a Prometheus tale really, how creating life creates real responsibility - and if left unchecked, can be our undoing.

The entire crew takes the making of this film very seriously. I made a point of hiring key personnel that are passionate about getting this right. Everyone is well versed in the mythology.

Comic-con is this weekend. I look forward to sharing the film with the loyal and passionate fans.”

You know, the more stuff that we hear about this, the more I think it's going to be horrible.

Bale is a badass and I'm sure it'll be worth seeing just for him....but otherwise, I think it looks kinda dumb.

Artwork for the movie poster :-

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/im...0002751913.jpg

...and now my above post makes me look like a fool.

What a friggin sweet poster!

That's one sick motherfucking poster. :)

Yeah, that bugs me a little as well. But I also love Bale, and I love the first two Terminator films (not crazy about the third one, but it is entertaining enough I suppose) and the poster is pretty awesome. So looking forward to it. :)

That's pretty annoying. But I'm not entirely sure how your certificates correspond with ours. I don't know whether a PG-13 would be closer (not in age, in content) to a 12a or a 15. If it's a 15 it might be okay. 12 and I'll be dissapointed.

September 12, 2008


"I'll be back," indeed.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been photographed and videotaped chatting with actor Christian Bale on the set of Terminator Salvation, the fourth installment in the franchise that began with Schwarzenegger starring as the titular cyborg.

Ever since T4 became a reality, fans have wondered whether the Austrian Oak would be involved with the sequel given his political commitments. According to a scooper for Latino Review, which has posted a snapshot of Schwarzenegger and Bale having a casual conversation on the set, the "premise of Arnie's involvement is to have a fully rendered digital face of Arnie replacing the recently cast Roland Kickinger (The younger version of Arnie)."

The site adds, "It seems the Director Mc G will in no doubt try all he can to ensure the Governator has some sort of involvement and as a result Arnold was on set providing key ADR (Voice over) for the visual effects guys to reference during post production."

October 23, 2008


Filming has wrapped on Terminator Salvation, the upcoming continuation of the sci-fi franchise starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington, and work on the movie's copious special effects has started.

Director McG is giving fans an update on the production via the film's website.

He says, "We wrapped principal photography. Now we're heavy into post. I've already shown early cuts to Christian and Sam. They seem pleased with where the film is headed. Our focus is on story and character, but it's fun diving into the world of visual effects."

The movie is set in 2018, and tells what happens when John Connor (Bale), leader of the resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators, meets Marcus Wright (Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus set out on a mission that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they find out a terrifying secret that may mean the end of humankind.

"Christian and Sam bring power to the rolls of John Connor and Marcus Wright," McG says. "This is a story of two destinies colliding. Connor is part of a resistance comprised of the ethnicities that make up the globe. This film is so much more that just Los Angeles. It reflects the global crisis of man, all of man versus machine."

The director explains that the idea behind the film was to present the world after judgment day. "We set out to create a world that honored the Terminator mythology but was its own new beginning," he says.

Terminator 5
 

December 14, 2008


The Terminator will be back.

Halcyon Co. toppers Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek are developing a fifth instalment of the man-vs.-machine franchise.

Helmer McG, who directed the upcoming fourth pic, "Terminator Salvation," is working with the Halcyon duo on the latest project.

Announcement was among the news that came out of the Dubai Intl. Film Festival, which bowed Dec. 11 and runs through Thursday.

No decision has been made as to where to film the next "Terminator," although the Middle East was mentioned as a locale.

When Anderson and Kubicek acquired the rights to the lucrative "Terminator" franchise last year from previous owners C2, the former ad exec and banker envisaged the re-booted series as a trilogy.

Christian Bale has signed on in the role of John Connor for all three roles.

Newest pic is tentatively skedded for a 2011 release.

The duo had originally planned to wait until the release of "Terminator Salvation" next summer before deciding on whether to proceed with the next chapter, but the positive studio, fan and media reaction to footage from the current pic has encouraged them to move forward ahead of schedule.

"We feel the time is now to start shaping the next part of this," Kubicek said.

Warner Bros. is handling the domestic release of "Terminator Salvation" with Sony handling the majority of the rest of the world, with the exception of the Middle East where the film is being handled by Dubai-based Gulf Film.

No decision has been made yet on whether the fifth "Terminator" will be once again split by Warner Bros. and Sony.

"Terminator" vidgame, which has been developed inhouse through the Halcyon Games division, will be released day-and-date with the live action pic.

New Terminator trilogy
 

I just saw the preview last night. wat do you all think of this idea. I love the terminator movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdvaP9oNe2M

Last month it was reported that Linda Hamilton was in talks to reprise her classic role as Sarah Connor in the form of a voice over for Terminator Salvation.

And now confirmation of the actress' involvement has seemingly arrived.

At the time of that original story, Hamilton said that she had been approached about being part of the fourth Terminator film. "We are talking," Hamilton said in February, adding that she had yet to read the script and was unaware of the direction of the story.

She's apparently aware now of that direction. According to one of Chud.com's sources who has seen the film, Hamilton's voice over is indeed in the film and "it works very well in context. Her voice over is not long, and it comes at the very beginning of the movie; the source compared it in tone and style to her voice over in T2."

Sounds perfect.

Warner Bros. may have completely changed the final third of Terminator: Salvation because of the script leak that happened last year.

A source at Warner Bros. apparently told Moviehole that there had been big changes to the film in the last few months "because of the Internet leak... the ending doesn't resemble the previous one in any shape or form."

He went on: "[It's] a complete [180 degrees] from the original film. Works better. Probably not as hard to swallow. Real good though."

Many thought the rumoured plot spoiler was just made up, with McG writing on his blog at the time that "only three people know the ending."

(Possible Spoilers Ahead)




The original leak, in June 2008, had John Connor (Christian Bale) losing his life after fighting a T-800. Feeling it was important to keep the idea that John Connor is still alive, the resistance ripped off Marcus's skin (Sam Worthington's character) and put John Connor's on the skeleton so now Marcus is John Connor.




(Spoilers End)

Glad to hear they changed it...utterly horrendous ending that was.