Terminator Salvation

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Terminator Salvation
File:Terminator salvation.jpg
Teaser Poster
Directed byMcG
Written byScreenplay:
John Brancato
Michael Ferris
David Campbell Wilson
Paul Haggis
Shawn Ryan
Jonathan Nolan
Characters:
James Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd
Produced byDerek Anderson
Victor Kubicek
Jeffrey Silver
Moritz Borman
StarringChristian Bale
Sam Worthington
Anton Yelchin
Bryce Dallas Howard
Moon Bloodgood
Common
Helena Bonham Carter
CinematographyShane Hurlbut
Distributed byNorth America:
Warner Bros. Pictures
International:
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Release dates
North America:
May 22, 2009
Australia:
June 4, 2009
United Kingdom:
June 5, 2009
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200 million

Terminator Salvation is an upcoming science fiction action film set for release on May 22 2009. Directed by McG, it is the fourth film in the Terminator franchise and stars Christian Bale as John Connor, Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor, Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese and Sam Worthington as the new Terminator Marcus Wright. The film, set in 2018, focuses on the original war between humanity and the Terminator computer network Skynet, and it abandons the formula of the series (Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Model 101 Terminator time traveling to the present to protect or kill someone of future importance). Among the numerous robotic minions of Skynet are Helena Bonham Carter as Serena and Roland Kickinger as the first T-800. Filming began on May 5 2008.

Premise

On May 23, 2008, Warner Bros. released the following plot summary for the film. The synopsis was modified on June 11, 2008:

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Christian Bale), the man fated to be the leader of the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators, and the future he was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam 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 find out a terrible secret that may lead to the possible annihilation of mankind.[1]

James Middleton, the associate producer of the film, stated the film "[is] really about the birth of a new hero,"[2] and McG said that it will also be about the development of the Model 101 Terminator.[3] He explained the film will "begin again very much in the spirit of what [Christopher] Nolan did with Batman," in that it will stand on its own without the original films and that it is "a bit of a sequel and a prequel because it tells the story of how we got there."[4]

Cast

  • Christian Bale as John Connor: The battle-experienced leader of the Tech-Com human resistance, who is now in his early thirties, is waging war against Skynet after it has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust. Bale was the first person to be cast and signed on for the role in November 2007.[5] McG talked extensively with Bale in England about the role, and they both agreed to move forward.[4] Bale is a fan of the films, and liked the script. He has signed on to appear in two sequels.[6] He and McG kept working on the story every day.[7]
  • Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright: A decommissioned Terminator,[8] who befriends Connor and Reese. His last memory is of being on death row, and Connor is unsure of whether Wright is from the past or the future.[9] Terminator creator James Cameron personally recommended Worthington (whom he directed in Avatar) to McG.[10] Worthington tore a muscle on his left ribs during the first weeks of filming, but nevertheless insisted on performing his own stunts.[11]
  • Roland Kickinger as the prototype T-800: This will be the first Terminator film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger does not play the Model 101 Terminator, because he is serving his second term as Governor of California.[16] Nevertheless, he granted the Halcyon Company permission to use his likeness in the film.[17] The Austrian-born actor previously portrayed Schwarzenegger in a 2005 biographical film on the A&E Network. When asked about his role, Kickinger said 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." He also revealed that there is 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."[18]
  • Helena Bonham Carter as Serena: The lead villain. Tilda Swinton was considered for the part, but Bonham Carter replaced her at the eleventh hour. Bonham Carter accepted as her partner Tim Burton is a Terminator fan. Her role only required ten days of shooting.[19]

Additional cast members include Jadagrace as Star,[9] Chris Ashworth as Richter,[20] Chris Browning as Morrison,[21] Michael Ironside as General Ashdown,[22] and Jane Alexander.[23]

Production

On May 9, 2007, it was announced that rights to the Terminator series had passed hands from producers Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar to The Halcyon Company. The producers hoped to start a new trilogy based on the franchise.[24] McG signed on to direct as the first two films were among his favorites, and he had even cast Robert Patrick (who played the T-1000) in his films.[25] He felt the post-apocalyptic setting allowed the film to be different enough so to not be an inferior sequel.[26]

John Brancato, Michael Ferris and David Campbell Wilson wrote the script, which Paul Haggis polished,[27] and Shawn Ryan rewrote six weeks before filming.[28] Jonathan Nolan also contributed, which led to McG characterizing his work on the script as the most important.[26]

On July 19, 2007, the Terminator 4 project was in legal limbo due to a lawsuit between MGM and Halcyon subsidiary T Asset. According to the article, MGM has an exclusive window of 30 days to negotiate for distribution of the Terminator films. When negotiating for Terminator 4, Halcyon rejected their initial proposal, and MGM suspended negotiations. After the 30 days were over, MGM claimed that the period during which negotiations were suspended did not count and their exclusive period is still open. Halcyon was asking a court for an injunction allowing them to approach other distributors.[29] Eventually, however, Warner Bros. was able to obtain North American distribution rights,[30] while Sony Pictures Entertainment will distribute the film overseas.[31] This makes Salvation the first film in the series to have the same distributors as the previous film.

Shooting of the film started on May 5, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[32] The filmmakers had originally intended to begin filming on April 15 in Budapest,[16] but a new twenty-five percent tax rebate and absence of an interest rate cap and floor made the filmmakers seek the cheaper New Mexico, because of their $200 million budget.[33] To avoid delays caused by a possible 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike in July, all exterior scenes were completed by then, so production could restart easily.[34] The shoot is expected to go on into September.[23] McG filtered the camera to triple the amount of silver in the lighting, lending to the sense of detachment from the modern world he was looking for.[7] The filmmakers consulted with many scientists about the effects of an abandoned world and nuclear winter.[25] McG cited the film Children of Men and the novel The Road as his influences.[25][26]

Stan Winston, who was the visual effects supervisor on the first three films, continued his role on Terminator Salvation. The film features the rubber-skinned T-600s, which Winston's company put a lot of effort into looking like a eight-foot tall machine wrapped in prosthetics.[11] McG described many of the machines as having a H.R. Giger influence.[25] The film was one of the last Winston worked on, as he died on June 15 2008 from multiple myeloma.[35] McG will dedicate the film to him.[36] Winston also filmed a cameo as someone wrestling a Hydrobot.[37]

Release

The film will be released in North America on May 22, 2009,[38] and it could be rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America, unlike the previous R-rated films. The producers cited the desire to broaden the series to a new audience and the modern leniency of violence in PG-13 films (such as Live Free or Die Hard), but they have stated that they will not force the rating.[27] McG explained, "We have entertained the idea of a PG-13 rating largely because Batman Begins, in my opinion, was made compromise-free. So we'll see. The movie comes first and it will be protected at all times."[11] He also added that studio executives Jeff Robinov and Jeff Blake gave their "blessing to make the picture and if it's a rated-R picture, it's an rated-R picture and that's that".[39]

In addition to a novelization, there will also be a prequel novel and two spin-offs. The first spin-off will be published in September 2008.[40] IDW Publishing will release a four-issue prequel comic, as well as an adaptation.[41] Due in January 2009, it follows Connor rallying together the resistance in 2017, as well as examining normal people overcoming their intolerances to defeat Skynet.[42] Playmates Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, and DC Unlimited will produce merchandise.[43][44] A roller coaster will open at Six Flags Magic Mountain.[45]

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