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Director McG Posts Terminator Salvation Update

June 3, 2008

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins director McG has posted an update on the sci-fi action-thriller on the film's official Blog, including what looks like a debunking of the rumor that is spreading about the film's end:

One Possible Future

We're in the middle of week five. The New Mexico wind is kicking the shit out of the crew but providing a perfect backdrop for our post-apocalyptic world.

Sam tore a muscle on the left side of his ribs in a fight sequence. Neither of us wants to use a stunt double.

This movie takes place several years after Judgment Day, but prior to 2029. Just like it took a long time to get an HD plasma screen in our world, it took Skynet a lot of research and development to get to the T-800, and this movie explores that "space between." We have all been fascinated with the world after Judgment Day. Here it is.

In this film, there are Hydrobots that patrol the water, Transports that move human prisoners around, Harvesters that collect human beings as lab rats for Skynet and Aerostats that survey all that is going on with the resistance the world over.

We've started shooting the T-600 - the bigger, grimier, nastier version that preceded the T-800.

Like Reese says, they're easier to spot but they pack a mini gun and carry kick ass fire power. They're eight-foot tall killers that prowl the badlands looking for anything with a heartbeat to terminate.

Stan Winston, Production Designer Martin Laing and ILM came up with the designs and that thing is on Kyle Reese's ass throughout the entire picture. Wanted to achieve that bummer, rubbery skin, prosthetic look that cloaks an unrelenting machine with a singular focus of killing.

More to come...

Also, I realize my name is ridiculous. I was born Joseph McGinty Nichol. McG is short for McGinty. I have been called this since the day I was born to create separation from my Uncle Joe and Grandpa Joe. I realize it sounds like some Hollywood nickname, hip-hop choice. But the truth is, this is simply my name - for every day of elementary school, every zit-filled day of high school. I have been taking shit for it ever since. I get it, I would think it's lame too. But it's just a name, and to change it now would seem fraudulent.

Oh yeah, don't get too uptight about the prospect of the film being PG-13. 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…

By the way, there are only three people who know the ending.

The unknown future rolls toward us.

McG

Starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common and Jadagrace, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins opens in theaters on May 22, 2009.

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COMMENTS (52)

Posted by:

weebleswobble

June 3, 2008

So no 'John Connor as Android' then!

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-SP-

June 3, 2008

cant wait for this movie

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Retro

June 3, 2008

Yesssss The T-600 sounds ****ing awesome and badass, As long as the movie is good with a great story I don't care about the rating. I'd rather have a great story than a rated R film.

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Brian

June 3, 2008

Love the bit about his name.

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joe asylo

June 3, 2008

well thatt was good lesson about he's name, but more impotantly cannot wait to see those bots in action.
And first. ha

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Brand-O

June 3, 2008

Cool, I was hoping for those rubber-skinned, easy-to-spot models at last. Can't wait to see how they turn out.

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Clown Prince of Crime

June 3, 2008

anyone else notice how mostly every movie uses batman begins for reference to how their movie will be?

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SEX AND THE CITY IS RATED R & MADE BANK

June 3, 2008

The Producers did not fully use the R-rating in T-3 since the T-X was not even topless which was a joke since we see Arnolds butt in the previous.

They are going with pg-13 because they have Christian Bale who is on the pg-13 Batman franchise. But, this is not Batman. It is the Terminator, think about it, T-2 would not have the dramatic intensity and coolness without all the R rated moments.

They went with rated R thinking they can make more money. But, SEX AND THE CITY IS RATED R AND IT NOCKED THE PG-13 INDIANA JONES MOVIE OUT OF THE NUMBER 1 SPOT.

T-4 is of course going to make money but, it is not going to make as much as part 2 or 3. We don't have arnold and we don't have R.

The producers proved how stupid they are when they made T-3 and now they are reminding us by making T-4 pg-13

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The Iron Man

June 3, 2008

I agree with Retro. I could care less about the rating as long as their s a good story. I've been worried about this movie for a long time, but McG seems very knowledgable about the franchise. I think he may actually be able to pull this movie off not just good, but great. McG will redeem himself with this movie while providing the Terminator movie that will awesome.

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Drew217

June 3, 2008

with the amount of work McG's putting into this, I'm curious to see what he comes up with. He's got a great cast, consulted James Cameron and Stan Winston. And he seems deidicated to making a great story. It should be pretty damn cool. I'l admit it, he turned me.