Terminator 4 News

[Geekyfanboy]

Bale To Star In Terminator 4?

Ain't It Cool News reported a rumor that Batman Begins star Christian Bale is in line to play a grown John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the upcoming fourth film in the SF franchise.

The movie is expected to reboot the franchise with a story set in the future, during the all-out war between Skynet and humankind. Warner Brothers plans to release Terminator Salvation in summer 2009.

A screenplay has been completed by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, writers of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.

[space_invader64]

Why not bring back Edward Furlong?  That was one of my biggest complaints with part 3. 

[jedijeff]

This news makes me more excited about the 4th movie. With it being set in the future makes Arnold's non involvement less of an issue for me. If they are potentially casting Christian Bale makes me believe they have a good story behind it.

[Geekyfanboy]

Bale Confirmed For T4

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed a rumor, first reported on Ain't It Cool News, that Batman star Christian Bale is in negotiations to star in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the fourth installment in the hit SF series.

McG is directing the movie, in which Bale would take on the role of John Connor, previously played by Edward Furlong in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Nick Stahl in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and soon to be played by Thomas Dekker in the Fox broadcast network's upcoming series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

David Campbell Wilson, John Brancato and Michael Ferris wrote the story for Terminator Salvation, which focuses on Connor, now in his 30s, as he leads what is left of the human race against the machines in the war of the future.

Bale is currently filming Warner Brothers' Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight.

[Geekyfanboy]

Looks like they are talking about doing another trilogy...

Producer Moritz Borman on Terminator Salvation
Source: Empire
December 29, 2007

Producer Moritz Borman talked to Empire magazine (via The Sun) about Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, to be directed by McG starting April 15 in Budapest for a summer 2009 release.

Borman says they are keeping the script "under very tight security" because "we have a huge twist at the end, which we're being careful not to reveal. Like with the last 'Terminator' — we kept that under tight wraps so not even the crew got the last six or seven pages.

"I can tell you this much — this is the story everybody has been waiting for," he added. "Namely, we're in the future. The part of it where Arnold's character has not yet been built but is on the drawing board.

"And in the next two episodes we'll get to the point where time-travel is more in the foreground. It's the war against the machines, the start of Skynet taking over the world."

Borman hinted that Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger could be part of the two subsequent movies.

"It's convenient that he hasn't been built at this point of the story, as Arnold has more important things to do right now, but that doesn't mean he might not re-appear later in the trilogy," he said.

"He knows the material and is very supportive of what we're doing. There might even be hints of his character in this one."

Borman refused to confirm that Christian Bale (The Dark Knight) is playing John Connor. "Everyone is assuming there is a John Connor and a Terminator in the script. Connor is in there along with another figure, but who is that figure?"

[wraith1701]

Looks like they are talking about doing another trilogy...

Producer Moritz Borman on Terminator Salvation
Source: Empire
December 29, 2007
...Borman refused to confirm that Christian Bale (The Dark Knight) is playing John Connor. "Everyone is assuming there is a John Connor and a Terminator in the script. Connor is in there along with another figure, but who is that figure?"

I think the other figure is Conner's father; the guy that gets sent back in time in the first Terminator movie...

[Blackride]

This is an interesting sounding story. I really liked T3 so I am keeping my hopes up for T4!

[Geekyfanboy]

Arnold Won't "Be Back!"


Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be returning to the franchise that made him an international cinematic superstar. At least that is the latest word from the associate producer for the next film in the Terminator series.

James Middleton told a crowd of fans and reporters in Los Angeles that as long as Governor Schwarzenegger is tied to his current position as Executive leader of the State of California, there is simply no time in his busy schedule to make room for this current new film. If he gets re-elected, which most political pundits believe will certainly happen, then he will also not be available for the other two films in the next Terminator trilogy.

"He has been approached, and in the early days of our development of T4, one of our producers, Andy Vajna, who's a good friend of his, spoke to him about doing a cameo," Middleton said. "This was even before he was governor. But we know now that [since] he is governor, he's got priorities that are above doing movies."

The fourth film in the series is titled "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" and will take up where the last film, "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" left off.

"It's post-apocalyptic," Middleton said. "It's set after the events of [Terminator 3], where we see the nuclear exchange at the end of the movie, and we show what the world is like after this event, and we show how people try to deal in a post-apocalyptic world. And we introduce a new character, who becomes very important to the resistance and to John Connor, a new hero. It's really about the birth of a new hero," Middleton added.

Middleton also revealed a little more about the more grown-up John Connor. "I would look at him as a character that is introduced and that will grow in the second and third movies of the trilogy," Middleton said.

While it has been rumored that Christian Bale is in negotiations for the role of Connor, no official announcement has come from Middleton or any other studio spokesperson.

Production on the first in the new trilogy of Terminator films was to begin in April of this year, but that could be delayed depending on the length of the current writer's strike. "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" is set for a release sometime in 2009.

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Is Josh Brolin the New Terminator?
Source: The Two-One-Three
February 6, 2008

In a new interview with The Two-One-Three, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins director McG hinted that No Country for Old Men star Josh Brolin might play the new Terminator opposite Christian Bale's John Connor.

"We're prepping the picture right now. The script is largely done, whether or not we're able to prep off of it, obviously we want to continue to work on it, punch it up and we're hoping for an expedient finish to the writer's strike. But I've got my fingers crossed that in a week or two it will be over," McG said.

He added that the fourth film will take place "post Judgment day. So there really is no continuation, you know what I mean? Its sort of a different animal, whereas the first two pictures on this thing are Terminators from the future, this picture takes place in 2019."

There's been rumors that John Connor will only be a small part in the film. Not so, says McG. "John Connor's a major player in it - Christian Bale's playing that part."

Asked who his "dream Terminator" would be? McG revealed, "...And there's guys out there like Russell Crowe and Eric Bana, bring a good physicality, they do what they do, but I don't know if they're exactly right at the end of the day. (Smiles) Josh Brolin is a very exciting actor - we'll see."

[Darth Gaos]

This actually sounds pretty cool and I hope it moves ever forward.  Ever since I saw the first Terminator I have wanted to see a movie about the "war".

[Geekyfanboy]

Warner Brothers has set a May 22, 2009, release date for McG's "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins," starring Christian Bale as the rugged adult leader of the human resistance fighters.

[Geekyfanboy]

'Terminator 4' Looking For New Name

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: Mania
Mar-11-2008

A fourth Terminator film is still in the works ... it's just that it will have a slightly different name.

In a release about the new film, studio Warner Bros. is now referring to the McG-directed film as "Untitled Terminator Project," which seems to indicate that the studio has dumped the "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" title that had been used in connection with the production for some time.

It's not clear what precipitated a change in the name, but it doesn't seem to be affecting the plot much, if at all. The film will be the start of a three-installment series that will focus on Christian Bale as the popular character John Connor as well as Sam Worthington as Marcus following the apocalypse that allows the machines to take over.

Bale will be the fourth primary actor to take on the role following Eddie Furlong, Nick Stahl and now Thomas Dekker, who stars in the Fox series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," which just completed its first season.

The movie, unlike the series, will pick up apparently where 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" left off, and is written by Michael Ferris and John Brancato.

The film is set for release May 22, 2009, just a couple weeks following the current scheduled premiere of "Star Trek" by Paramount Pictures.

[Geekyfanboy]

Anton Yelchin is in negotiations to star as post-apocalyptic warrior Kyle Reese (father of John Connor) in director McG's "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins." Batman's Christian Bale has already been cast as the futuristic, rugged, battle-hard adult John Connor, the man responsible for sending a younger Kyle back in time to become his father. Yelchin will next be seen in the big budget SF film "Star Trek" as Pavel Chekov in May 2009.

[Geekyfanboy]

Bloodgood Back In T4

Moon Bloodgood (NBC's Journeyman) is in final negotiations for the female lead in McG's Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the fourth movie in the SF franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Bloodgood will star alongside Christian Bale, Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin in the sequel, which is being produced by Halcyon Co. and set for a Warner Brothers release in the summer of 2009.

Bloodgood will play a no-nonsense and battle-hardened member of the resistance. Principal photography is set to begin May 5.

Bloodgood starred in the short-ilved NBC time-travel series Journeyman and is shooting Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

[Geekyfanboy]

T4 Details Revealed

Warner Brothers announced that Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the fourth installment in the SF franchise, began production on May 5 in Albuquerque, N.M., and offered new details about the movie's storyline and cast.

McG is directing the movie, which stars Sam Worthington and Christian Bale as an adult John Connor, based on a script by Michael Ferris and John Brancato (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines).

Warner also offered new details about the film, which is set in post-apocalyptic 2018. Bale's Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators.

But the future that Connor was raised to believe is altered in part by the appearance of 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 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.

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins is envisioned as the first film in a new Terminator trilogy and is slated for release on May 22, 2009.