So, my wish came true, and recent casting has compounded my glee:

 

Christian Bale to Star in Terminator Salvation?

Source: Ain't It Cool News

November 21, 2007

 

 

Christian Bale (The Dark Knight, Batman Begins) has been cast as John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, says Ain't It Cool News.

 

McG is directing the summer 2009 release, which has an early 2008 production start and seeks to reinvent the cyborg saga with a storyline to be told over a three-movie span. Warner Bros. will distribute domestically.

 

The screenplay was written by Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines duo John Brancato and Michael Ferris.

 

The film is set in the future, in a full-scale war between Skynet and humankind.

 

I assume that this is still a 'rumor', but a strong one at that.

 

I was hoping they'd keep Nick Stahl in the role, but I don't think there is any way I could be saddened by this development. The only thing I wonder is whether they will pick up from the third movie, or skip ahead. If the former, they'll have to take about 10 years off Bale's age to get him to fit John Connor.

This movie will suck for many reasons, but here are the top 2:

 

1. No Arnold. Terminator without Arnold is Superman without the "S"

2. McG...seriously...one name?

I'd rather see Bale do something else.

Christian Bale has officially signed on to do THREE Terminator films, beginning with Terminator: Salvation in 2009.

 

IGN.com:

 

May 20, 2008 - 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 next Terminator installment, directed by McG, will make its bow worldwide on May 22, 2009.

 

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This movie will suck for many reasons, but here are the top 2:

 

1. No Arnold. Terminator without Arnold is Superman without the "S"

2. McG...seriously...one name?

smallville did pretty well without very much of the "S"...granted...its a different scale

2. McG...seriously...one name?

 

 

Could be worse. Could be Brett Ratner directing it.

2. McG...seriously...one name?

 

 

Could be worse. Could be Brett Ratner directing it.

i think people should start a brett ratner petition like they did for uwe boll

Uwe Boll= 21st century Ed Wood

Sneak peak...

 

First look at the fourth Terminator movie

This movie will suck for many reasons, but here are the top 2:

 

1. No Arnold. Terminator without Arnold is Superman without the "S"

2. McG...seriously...one name?

 

I agree 100% Unless they base it off the TV show I can not see T4 without Arnie

 

I'd rather see Bale do something else.

 

I also agree here, he is already signed on for 3 more Batman movies I know T4 will be big, but be more selective I think. Batman will make him one of the most famous actors in a while and he should capitalize on that in other ways,

I saw a commercial about it... you CANT have Terminator without the Arnold. If they cast the robot without an Austrian accent, I wont even watch it. Whoever is the Terminator better be Austrian/German!

Correct me if I'm wrong but do they actually need the Terminator in this movie? Isn't the war between Humans and machines? Doesn't that mean that the Terminator hasn't been created yet?

 

Not sure, just wondering.

Correct me if I'm wrong but do they actually need the Terminator in this movie? Isn't the war between Humans and machines? Doesn't that mean that the Terminator hasn't been created yet?

 

Not sure, just wondering.

 

The machines are Terminator's, some, I believe. The Terminator, in all the movies, was a human captured and reprogramed machine to protect John Conner, and in the 3rd movie that whatsherface. So Id take it that the Terminator was created... and if its a Terminator movie without a Terminator on the side of the humans... its stupid... so there better be.

I thought Bale was the new terminator?

I thought Bale was the new terminator?

 

Nah he is John Connor.

oh I get it like the kid, but now he is kicking ass. I guess that helps with no Arnie being around.

It appears that the T-800 has been recast in the film, at least according to this article:

 

IGN.com-

 

The New Terminator

Arnold's T-800 role reportedly recast.

 

by Jim Vejvoda

 

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."

 

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haha! I knew they wouldnt let us down by not hiring an Austrian/German to do the job

Two new tidbits about the film:

 

IGN.com-

 

Terminator Salvation star Helena Bonham Carter has (SPOILER ALERT) revealed to Sci-Fi Wire that her character in the cyborg-heavy sequel will be a villain.

 

She said: "I kind of play a baddie, definitely a baddie...I don't know how much I'm allowed to say, but I'm a very bad person."

 

She doesn't go into any more detail, but what're the chances she'll turn out to be a Terminator?

 

She also discussed her decision to take the role: "Tim [burton - her long-time partner] would have killed me if I hadn't done it because he's such a Terminator fan."

 

Bonham Carter went on: "I've been in big movies before, like Apes, and Fight Club was big in a different way, and Charlie and Sweeney Todd were big, but I've never been in this kind of big popcorn action movie, a male one, an action one."

 

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ComingSoon.net-

 

Pause.com has posted an interesting rumor stating that Linda Hamilton will be reprising her role as Sarah Connor in flashbacks for Terminator Salvation. The site later spoke with a rep for the actress who said they hadn't heard of it, but we think there might be some truth to it!

 

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