I want to thank Latino Review for bringing the latest advertisement for Terminator Salvation to my attention. The excitement for the fourth installment is snowballing fast with the latest Standees, this one of Christian Bale. Doesn’t he look a little like Arnold? Interesting way of promoting, don’t you think?
The creators of Terminator Salvation put together Skynet Reasearch website with production description, communications and testimonials.
Click on the Autonomous Mass Transit Bot to visit Skynet Research and find out more about their products, which you will see when the movie opens May 21, 2009.
Wired.com put together a wonderful piece on Terminator 4 with plenty of images. McG is interviewed throughout the article and, there’s no doubt, the man has mastered Terminator.
I agree with McG point of view on using real robots instead of CGI:
“A lot of people make CG movies where actors are emoting to poles with tennis balls on top of them,” said McG. “That’s the last thing I wanted to do. I don’t like dealing with cartoons, so to speak. I wanted real robots for the actors to interface with so you could get that grittiness and realism. There’s an archetype shape to the T-800. We needed body types to suggest the robot that would combat John Connor, and Roland Kickinger is a good body type. His shoulders are huge, his waist is narrow. The [Industrial Light & Magic] guys used their calipers to measure shoulder spatial differences and said he’d make a good body double. Roland as an individual is not in the movie.”
I found an interview with Terminator 4 director McG at the Star online. It’s an insightful interview where the director talks about the much anticipated film and his work on Charlie Angels. You also find out why he’s called McG, which I find very interesting.
All in all, my guess is that Terminator Salvation is going to rock the Terminator fans and curve the franchise in a whole new direction. Click on the poster to read the interview.
Coming off fresh from Sweeney Todd, Helena Bonham Carter is suiting up for Terminator Salvation, the upcoming sequel which stars Christian Bale as the mankind’s savior. The film is currently shooting in New Mexico, and looks at the origins of the battle between Skynet and the humans.
Details of Carter’s role are being kept under wraps. It is, however, described as being “small but pivotal.”
The film is expected next year.
The upcoming Terminator sequel recently may have had its ending spoiled by postings on the web, however, that’s not stopping the movie from gaining the much needed hype. AICN has posted a rundown of the Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins teaser that will be attached to the Dark Knight film next month. It has been confirmed to be real.
“We then get the big money shot of the trailer. Its Bale on a motorcycle with some girl on the back. They speed through a door of what looks like a warehouse toward us. As soon as they pass the screen, a huge terminator on wheels, a lot like the one they battle in the first one, smashes through the wall, chasing them. It looks awesome.”
According to their spy, John Connor looks very similar in build and general appearance to Bruce Wayne, which is no surprise since Bale is in the role. The teaser also shows glimpses of several survivor camps, a war chest of firearms, and of course Terminators running around.
