Terminator 4

[Geekyfanboy]

Not much to this article.. but still interesting.. not sure I like the idea of a fourth Terminator movie.

Terminator 4 Tease From Michael Ferris
Source: Entertainment Weekly October 19, 2006

Terminator 4 co-writer Michael Ferris has given Entertainment Weekly a hint about what we can expect from the next installment. First, however, he addressed the questions on whether Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back.

"'Terminator 3' kind of closed the book on Schwarzenegger, as did his gubernatorial career," said Ferris, who wrote the fourth film with John Brancato.

Another missing element is producer Gale Anne Hurd, who worked on the first three films and is not involved, and "T3" director Jonathan Mostow has yet to sign on (he'll be busy adapting Marvel's Sub-Mariner for a while).

As far as plot points, Ferris offered this tease: "You will learn about Skynet and what that postapolyptic future is like."

[Rico]

I have a feeling this will happen.  There's a lost more to learn about the whole Terminator/Skynet uprising.  Even without "ahh-nuld."

[jedijeff]

I to would be interested in finding out more about Skynet and the Terminators coming to power. My only concern is without Arnold associated with the movie, that they might do it more cheaply, and would hate to see it a B grade movie with substandard special effects.

[Geekyfanboy]

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- The Terminator is coming back.

A nascent film company has acquired the franchise rights to the popular movie series from producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, intending to make a new trilogy. The deal is said to be in the tens of millions of dollars.

The Halcyon Co. -- a privately financed firm -- plans to begin immediate preproduction on "Terminator 4," with hopes that it will be ready for release in the first half of 2009.

The script, by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, was part of the transaction. No distributor is on board, or any talent.

Halcyon -- headed by advertising veteran Derek Anderson and "Cook-Off!" producer Victor Kubicek -- pursued the "Terminator" rights aggressively for several months, knowing that the series is one of the few recognizable properties out there not in the hands of a major studio. Halcyon also is concentrating on a merchandising and licensing push for the property.

The rights to "Terminator" have changed hands several times.

Kassar acted as an executive producer for 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," and he and Vajna acquired interests from Gale Anne Hurd -- who produced the first one in 1984 and executive produced the second -- when the duo made 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."

[Locutus]

As far as plot points, Ferris offered this tease: "You will learn about Skynet and what that postapolyptic future is like."

We already know what a postapocalyptic future looks like. People fight for gas, dress like kinky football players, and it stars Harrison Ford and Bruce Willis.

I never even saw Part 3. I'm hoping that someone with a slight bit of sense stops this before someone loses an eye.

[Captain Jean-Luc Picard]

You should see Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, it's quite good.  It lacks James Cameron's touch of emotional depth, but it's still a great movie.  8) Why are you so against seeing it?  :confused

I know that T4 will follow TSCC, but will it also follow T3?  :confused