Anton Yelchin Is Reese In Terminator 4 And Paul Haggis writing the script? Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Anton Yelchin is the new Michael Biehn. Not generally a career arc a young actor aims for, but in this case it's no bad thing. Yelchin, who'll play Chekhov in the upcoming Star Trek movie, is in advanced negotiations to play the young Kyle Reese (played by Biehn in Terminator) in McG's upcoming fourth Terminator movie.
In McG's movie, Reese is a survivor of the man-vs-machine war who becomes friends with an early edition of the Terminator cyborg (played by Sam Worthington). His grown-up son (Christian Bale), whom he fathered in the past, is also now involved in a fight to save robot ravaged civilization from machine control. OK, we've seen all the movies several times and this is still confusing us somehow.
In other good news for the series, Paul Haggis is said to be in discussions to work on the script before the film goes into production in May.
You've got to hand it to McG, he's surrounding himself with great people on this movie. His cast are all talented and, on the basis of his work on Casino Royale, Haggis is no slouch at reinvigorating floppy franchises. He's still got an uphill struggle to please hardcore fans who are wary about this fourth movie existing at all, but McG appears to be doing everything right so far. We wish him all the luck in the world. We've not been great fans in the past, but we'd love to see this work out.
As long as we don't have that miserable cow Claire Danes face to watch, Arnies' speaches that no-one could understand (and everyone noticing that robots DO age), plus a Terminator that increased her breast size and then just shot you anyway - surly, the only way is up?? Hopefully! ... Read More
Quote Empire "In McG's movie, Reese is a survivor of the man-vs-machine war who becomes friends with an early edition of the Terminator cyborg (played by Sam Worthington)."
Oh christ, why? A fucking robot buddy movie? Where will Bale fit in? This better be good or by god MCG I will track you down and force you to admit your mistakes with the aid of PAIN!! ... Read More
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L: thegodfathers
me thinks that when sam worthington was suggested by Cameron, McG had a long talk to Cameron of what to do with this kind of film.
b]What? Did McG's Agent tell you this or something?Cameron washed his hands of the franchise when he didnt have the rights. Hell, he didnt want nothing to do with T3 even when his best bud Arnie decided to do it - on the behalf of Cameron by the way, who said to him he'd be stupid to turn down a £30mill pa... Read More
]Bale has appeared in a couple of stinkers (f Fireaftuilibriume top of my head). His name is not a seal of quality. He has to pay the bills just like the rest of us. ... Read More
The fact that Christian Bale signed to play John Connor is not comforting enough. He's effectively signed onto a franchise that didn't have a completed script which to me undermines his integrity as an actor. It's not as if he can excuse his actions by saying something like "When you're asked to be a in McG film you gotta say yes!" like some actors do with, say, Spielberg or Scorsese. ... Read More
L: thegodfathers
me thinks that when sam worthington was suggested by Cameron, McG had a long talk to Cameron of what to do with this kind of film.
hat? Did McG's Agent tell you this or something? Cameron washed his hands of the franchise when he didnt have the rights. Hell, he didnt want nothing to do with T3 even when his best bud Arnie decided to do it - on the behalf of Cameron by the way, who said to him he'd be stupid to turn down a £30mill paycheck.
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L: The REAL Bozz
Anyhow intresting casting. Now...for the love of god cast Michelle Rodriguez!
hat was a crap joke.
for the record, i watched terminator 3 again today because i was hungover. it was really quite shit, and to say im surprised by having
a terminator looking like a teenager, id be lying.
on the cyborg thing, after being nuked all over the globe, im not sure how and what benefit a cyborg would be to humans. what
are their resources. why would the ... Read More
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As for the McG moniker, you know why that is? BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT SAID BASTARDS LIKE YOU LOT KNOWING HIS NAME SO YOU CAN THEN GET PERSONAL.
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Erm, nice story, real shame its not actually true. His real name is Joseph McGinty Nichol.
In his own words, from an interview when Charlies Angels came out (and that would give him enough of a reason to hide...):
l name is Joseph McGinty Nichol. My uncle's name was Joe, my grandpa's name was Joe and ... Read More
L: clarkkent
So basically Bale is playing John Connor? Yes? Well thats pretty cool. As for McG well he's been behind some good stuff (CHUCK immediately springs to mind and The O.C was good teen tv) The charlies angels flicks were cak because for a start even the TV show wasn't that good originally AND the scripts weren't filled with story. At least they looked good (which they did)
Personally i am looking forward to seeing where they take the franchise. Whichever dick head said Haggis... Read More
