'Terminator 4' Gets a Name and Two More Sequels
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Well it's not like there have been a shortage of rumors surrounding the return of everyone's favorite cyborg. But it's a nice change to finally get some concrete information. Variety reports that Warner Bros. have purchased the distribution rights to the latest installment in the Terminator franchise. Now for the big news: we've finally gotten a title -- drum roll please -- Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. Not bad, and it definitely gives me the impression that WB is in this for the long haul. According to Variety, WB are planning to, "reinvent the cyborg saga with a storyline to be told over a three-pic span". Executive producer Moritz Bowman told The Guardian UK, "The third film was really the conclusion of what happened in the 'now.' You will find the most-loved characters, but the intention here is to present a fresh new world and have this be the first of a trilogy". The project has been struggling through legal battles with MGM over distribution rights. But all of that is behind them, and WB is anxious to get the project moving.More importantly, this means that the film has been kicked into high-gear and now has a start date set for 2008. John Brancato and Michael Ferris (the writers behind Terminator 3) have already handed in a completed script, but there has still been no official announcement regarding a director (the bad news is that McG seems to be the front runner for the job). Already WB is promising one heck of a spectacle for the film, with what was described as "an event-size" budget. Hopefully, they will be able to keep it under T3's $200 million price tag. Now if they can only figure out who will be playing The Terminator, we might have something. Sure, there was that wacky story about Vin Diesel taking over but nothing has been made official. Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins is scheduled for release in the summer of 2009.
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10-10-2007 @ 3:09PM
RP said...
Is that "Salvation" part really necessary?
And i'm more than a tad sceptical that a film (potentially three?) presumeably entirely set in the future wars will prove pretty boring as far as Terminator expectations go. Sure, they make great insert action sequences, but a whole film?
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11-23-2007 @ 3:38PM
Janna said...
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10-10-2007 @ 3:47PM
Aaron Reynolds said...
Considering my low expectations with number three, I was floored: it was so silly and over-the-top that I was wildly entertained. I don't know that a fourth one can live up to my now-gigantic expectations of crazy ridiculousness.
Really, they shot themselves in the foot by not making the third one mediocre.
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10-10-2007 @ 4:42PM
Jonathan said...
What is so crazy about Vin Diesel? The bigger problem is where they 'begin' the movie. If it's right after the attack, then there won't be a T1000 Arnold style terminator. And would they have made any other 'styles' like a Vin Diesel style? Who knows. I would go for a CG Terminator anyways.
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10-10-2007 @ 7:27PM
madgamer said...
I'm all about a Vin Diesel-nator, or perhaps a vin-bot.
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10-11-2007 @ 3:16AM
bongo123 said...
Vin would make a great terminator, the dude has the look but how do you keep continuity without having the Arnold series... as for T3 i dont know why so many people rag on it, it was a great movie with one of the best most unexpected endings id seen in a long while my only problem with it was it was just to clean and bright for my liking, i like my movies to be darker & grittier but JM i thought done a great job.
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10-11-2007 @ 2:27PM
robert said...
according to reese in the first movie wasn't the arnold styled terminator the first one that really looked human? i think i remember him saying the previous versions had rubber skin and were easy to spot.
no matter who they cast you can say goodbye to continuity.
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11-05-2007 @ 5:13PM
chris said...
hell yes t4 but will arnold be in it and if he is not it wont be the same maybe wwe stae batista is the only one with arnold's muscle mass vin is to skinny !!!!!!!!
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