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Originally Posted by _____V_____
November 21, 2007
The big rumor of the day is that a certain superhero actor has joined the fourth installment of The Terminator franchise, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. McG will direct the sci-fi actioner for Warner Bros.
Ain't It Cool News reports that none other than Batman himself, Christian Bale, has been cast as the heroic John Connor. Connor, mankind's hope for the future, was previously played by Edward Furlong and Nick Stahl. And although it initially believed that Bale had been cast as The Terminator, CHUD.com now reports, "Is it possible that Bale is not playing either John Connor OR the Terminator? I'm hearing buzz that he's playing a character who is new to the Terminator mythology."
Terminator Salvation will begin filming in early 2008 and will cost less than T3: Rise of the Machines. John Brancato and Michael Ferris penned the screenplay for production company Halcyon.
Variety previously reported that the fourth installment "seeks to reinvent the cyborg saga with a storyline to be told over a three-pic span." As Halcyon co-CEO Derek Anderson explained at the time, "This is set in the future, in a full-scale war between Skynet and humankind."
Considering this rumor and another one that Bale is seriously mulling playing Solid Snake in the new Metal Gear Solid movie, I wonder which way he goes...or chooses both.
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Good to hear about the budget, it means they won't make it lean on CGI, although having said that, it was the bad termy's CGI that made him so cool. Hmmm, what a conundrum!