Terminator: Salvation - The NEW new thread

[Dr.HugoStrange]

for the fans:

 

[FCEEVIPER]

WME locks on to 'Terminator'

Agency to handle sale of rights for franchise
By DAVE MCNARY

Owners of the "Terminator" franchise have tapped WME to handle the sale of rights to the sci-fier.
Pacificor LLC, which won the auction for the franchise in February, announced Thursday that it had selected the agency.

The Santa Barbara-based hedge fund, which has no experience in film production, had said following the auction that it had been contacted by "numerous" studios, producers, financiers and agents.

Pacificor received approval Feb. 10 in bankruptcy court for its bid of $29.5 million, along with a provision for payment to former owners Halcyon of $5 million per film for any sequel. Sony and Lionsgate -- which had combined to bid for the rights -- had been in talks with Pacificor after the fund beat out the studios in a Feb. 8 auction, but those discussions didn't lead to a deal.

Halcyon paid Mario Kassar $30 million for the "Terminator" rights in 2007, but Halcyon filed for Chapter 11 last summer as a result of a dispute with Pacificor, which had financed the acquisition. The "Terminator" assets include the rights to future pics, TV series, DVDs and merchandise.

"Terminator Salvation," the fourth film in the franchise, was produced by Halcyon toppers Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson, with Warner Bros. handling domestic distribution and Sony taking international. It carried a production pricetag of about $200 million and took in $371 million worldwide.

"Terminator is one of the most recognized brands in global entertainment and will continue to excite new generations of fans," said WME chief exec Ari Emanuel in a statement.

 

[Nightmare]

WME? Uhhh..

 

[Asteroid-Man]

At least this more or less guarantees Christian Bale.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'd bet a 1000 dollars that Bale ain't coming back for more. Also it would be a terrible career move as most didn't even like Salvation and he actually got not so good notices in it. (Yeah it was a backlash thing for the most part but he really wasn't good to me)

Anyway I don't see a sequel to Salvation coming out.

 

[jacobed]

He definitely should not return, he wasn't great in number 4 but I think that was more the script and direction more than anything. The movie should have solely been about Kyle Reese with a little Connor thrown in at the end because Anton was just fantastic as Reese.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

At least this more or less guarantees Christian Bale.

Just as long as he doesn't have another on-set hissy-fit, I'll be fine. I actually liked him in Salvation (hey better him than Nick Stahl from T3 again), but, yeah, I just hoped he's learned his lesson this time.

 

[marvelman2006]

nah I say no to a sequel, salvation more or less didnt have a story, if there was a story it was.... talk, chase sequence, talk, chase sequence, talk, chase sequence, it repeated for 45 minutes. also the whole side story of everyone knowing who connor was and his purpose was kinda stupid because noone seemed to think he was a lunatic for carirying on how he was a saviour. also how did the machines know how important connor and reese were? there was just too many plot holes and continuity errors in this movie that didnt match up with the first 2.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Just work with a solid script this time around and not with something that is constantly rewritten before filming.
I'd love to read WIlliam Wisher's proposed take on T5 . If it's as good as the rumors are saying it is , Wisher could possibly work with Jonah Nolan to write a full script.

 

[Marx]

I finally saw this tonight on HBO. I'm not really sure what I think of it yet. It was ok...but no where near what I hoped it would be.

 

[samsnee]

Why didn't Skynet just kill Kyle Reese??? The whole "sending Reese back in time to be his own father" dilemma makes more sense.

 

[Marx]

That. And I'm still trying to figure out why Connor was taking orders from someone else when he's the leader of the resistance.

 

[Carnotaur3]

That. And I'm still trying to figure out why Connor was taking orders from someone else when he's the leader of the resistance.

That's cause he's not leader of the resistance in the film.

 

[Marx]

That's cause he's not leader of the resistance in the film.

...but I thought he WAS the resistance.

 

[BizarroAids]

WME? Uhhh..

It's like World Media Entertainment. They handle alot of the behinds the scenes stuff on dvds. They produce alot of the big budget film featurettes.

 

[Terminator]

Why didn't Skynet just kill Kyle Reese??? The whole "sending Reese back in time to be his own father" dilemma makes more sense.

Well, if Reese isn't sent back in time and the T-800 doesn't get blown up in the CyberDyne factory then neither Connor or SkyNet will exist in another future.

Also, too messy.

 

[samsnee]

But if you look at T3, and as much as people don't like it, it is still part of the timeline, they say that Judgment Day was inevitable. That Skynet would have been created at some point in time. I think the T-800 arm in the factory just sped up the process, not created it. But there can only be 1 John Conner with Sarah's and Kyle's DNA, so just kill the father.

 

[Carnotaur3]

...but I thought he WAS the resistance.

All we ever knew is that Connor was at some point in the future leader of the resistance. It has never been stated in previous films that Connor was always leader. But I'm sure it makes sense that came up the ranks to become it.

 

[Terminator]

But if you look at T3, and as much as people don't like it, it is still part of the timeline, they say that Judgment Day was inevitable. That Skynet would have been created at some point in time. I think the T-800 arm in the factory just sped up the process, not created it. But there can only be 1 John Conner with Sarah's and Kyle's DNA, so just kill the father.

Yeah, well, T3 says a lot of things.

 

[The Executioner]

Thing I wanted in TS was kickass action that we was suppose to be getting....I mean if you saw first movie and it showed LA 2029, badass moments was happening...thats what should of happened in TS.

 

[Bim]

Why didn't Skynet just kill Kyle Reese??? The whole "sending Reese back in time to be his own father" dilemma makes more sense.

The way i see it Skynet just wanted to use Kyle to lure John and just off them both in one move. I dont know how the whole time traveling paradox would work, but if Skynet just killed Kyle in TS it's not like the Connor in TS would just drop dead or disappear, right? they would have to kill him too?

 

[Jager X]

That's the way I see it too. John Conner would not cease to exist. Conner, as we know him, exists solely because of the events that took place in the original film.Yes, Reese did interfere with time and became John's father but Reese's family tree remained intact. Whoever Kyle's great, great grandparents were still existed, and the events that led to his parents meeting up and giving birth to him still happened.

Killing Kyle in the present time would be completely pointless. It would not change the fact that Sarah had gotten pregnant by him. The machines would have to send a terminator back in time to soley go after Reese, which would consequently mean having two Terminators causing mayhem all across L.A.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

That's the way I see it too. John Conner would not cease to exist. Conner, as we know him, exists solely because of the events that took place in the original film.Yes, Reese did interfere with time and became John's father but Reese's family tree remained intact. Whoever Kyle's great, great grandparents were still existed, and the events that led to his parents meeting up and giving birth to him still happened.

Killing Kyle in the present time would be completely pointless. It would not change the fact that Sarah had gotten pregnant by him. The machines would have to send a terminator back in time to soley go after Reese, which would consequently mean having two Terminators causing mayhem all across L.A.

But it would, if Reese doesnt get sent back for whatever reason, then John isnt born, simple as that.

 

[Jager X]

But it would, if Reese doesnt get sent back for whatever reason, then John isnt born, simple as that.

No, it wouldn't. Kyle became John's father because he broke the rules of time. Two Kyles came into being once this happene; one existing outside of time and one that had yet to be born. Despite time travel and knowledge of the future, time moves pretty linearly.

I thought this was pretty clear by the second film. The deal with Kyle and Sarah has been set in stone. If it was the case that killing Reese would be a determining factor then the most logical step for the machines would have been to eliminate Reese in the subsequent films since he provided the seed that created John. No Reese, no time travel, no knocking boots, no leader born. Maybe it is a plot hole, i don't know. But because the laws of time were broken, what happened to future Reese has no effect on the past since he is actually not the same man that became Sarah's lover. This is just how I see it.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Animated Terminator Film Announced

Hannover House has announced that they've entered into an agreement with Vancouver-based Red Bear Entertainment. They are going to produce Terminator 3000, 3-D animated feature film, envisioned as a $70-million dollar budgeted.

The film will be based on the characters and situations introduced in the original Terminator feature. Though it's suggested the storyline will pick up after the events of the 1984 original, no plot details have been announced. The company is shooting for a PG-13 rating.

Hannover House and Red Bear Entertainment will release details of the production timing, financing and principal production personnel later this year, in advance of a proposed January, 2011 start.