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Christian Bale Cast in TERMINATOR SALVATION

By: Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor
Date: Thursday, November 22, 2007
Source: Harry Knowles at AICN

Harry Knowles over at his AICN site says that Christian Bale has been cast as the new John Connor in TERMINATOR SALVATION:THE FUTURE BEGINS. There has been no confirmation since this is Thanksgiving and it will be a slow day but a bombshell like this won't take long to be verified from various sources over at Warner Bros., McG's camp or Bale's camp.

To read that article from Harry, click here.

Here's what we do know about the next Terminator film. McG will be directing the flick, based on a screenplay by John Brancato and Michael Ferris. Warner Bros will be distributing it and this film is planned as the first film in a new trilogy set in the near future where the war is officially on and John Connor finally takes on the mantle of leadership by leading mankind in the war against the machines. Production is set to begin in early 2008 and the film is expected to hit theaters in the summer of 2009. Official press releases have backed those assessments up.

When someone official backs up or debunks Harry's claim on Christian Bale getting cast as John Connor, I'll pass it along to you.

Update: There are indeed two different stories on the Christian Bale casting news here as Metalwater was quick to comment on..Devin over at C.H.U.D actually got this scoop a week ago but held off in the name of ethics, i.e getting confirmations from Bale's agent or the TERMINATOR production. Both sites state that Bale has been cast in the next installment but they differ on the role which the actor will be portraying. Harry's source says "John Connor" while Devin's source says the next Terminator or the new character being introduced into the trilogy. Reports have indicated that this new character will be the central role of the films serving under John Connor's leadership.

 


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metalwater • Nov 22, 2007, 02:04am •
A reporter at Chud.com claims that the story originated with him, b ut was scooped by Knowles while taking a week to investigate his source's claims.

TheWatcher • Nov 22, 2007, 02:45am •
Wow....still not sold on McG being the dirctor, however Christian Bale being cast as John Connor will at least get me to the theater to check the movie out. It will be interesting to see who else will be cast in the movie alongside Bale.

exfan • Nov 22, 2007, 03:09am •
that is the good news of the day ! that s guy can do everything rigth ! he s so good as an actor, he will definetely boost the new terminator series, and with that s guy in, the hero will not be the machine anymore but will be him....Whatever is cast with, the ligth only focus on him, remenber the prestige, we almost forgot Hugh Jackman. One more thing, i just saw yesterday Rescue Dawn, during the movie you can see him loosing weigth he s amazing.

mlaforcer • Nov 22, 2007, 03:36am •
Don't forget though, it has not been confirmed by the studio or Christian Bale...Exfan, your right. He is a very good actor and can and has, done it all...I think he needs to pick a good indy script and go off the deep end instead of doing a big budget movie because he has been doing those for awhile now. I believe when he does the more personal, intimate type of movies that or more character driven from time to time then that comes through even more so in the big budget action type movies, a nice even balance you might say, of course if you did not say then you might add lol...Maybe not

ponyboy76 • Nov 22, 2007, 04:16am •
Well, not for nothing mlaforcer but before all these big budget flicks, he`d been doing nothing but small indie flicks. I agree though, I hope he goes back to them. He said he does movies like Batman so that he can pick and choose to do other smaller indie films during the course of the year. I actually hope that he isn`t John Connor. I rather him be the new guy they focus on.
In any case I hope this doesn`t screw up the next installment of Batman because he still has one more to go after TDK.

Miner49er • Nov 22, 2007, 05:29am •
Batman vs. the Terminators or Patrick Bateman vs. the Terminators. This could be good.

Whiskeymovie • Nov 22, 2007, 07:17am •
Iknow it would suck if they yet again recast John Conner, but Bale does look like an older version of Eddie Furlong. I would like to see Nicj Sthal comae back for John Conner and have Bale play like some guy that helps toughen up Conner even more to be who he has to be. I also wonder if they are breaking back Kate Brewster. From the thrid movie, she seemed to have a very important part. I can't wait for this, I love these movies. I really loved the third one. Yes, Cameron's T2 was a totally amazing blow my mind movie, but it got a little long winded and preachy in there. It will be cool to see how they handle life after Judgement Day.

mlauzon • Nov 22, 2007, 07:47am •
Miner49er,

Wouldn't that be: "Batman vs the Terminangles" or "Patrick Bateman vs the Terminangles"..?!


Michael
Gods of Time

madmanic999 • Nov 22, 2007, 08:11am •
Bale's involvement with any movie is good news... and i would be behind him playing John Connor, I agree with Whiskey that he does look the part.

dakeyras • Nov 22, 2007, 09:38am •
I wouldn't be upset if Bale was portraying Kyle Reese (played in the original Terminator by Michael Biehn). Reese was young when he was sent back from the future, and I don't know how old Bale is but assuming it's close, it could work.

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