Movie News Mash 12

Terminator Salvation

McG spoke to MTV News on a possible new trilogy for the "Terminator" franchise.

“If we have good fortune we have indeed planned out two more ‘Terminator’ pictures,” explained the director, keeping his fingers crossed that “Salvation” opens strongly on May 21st. “There’s an arc of story [in the new sequels].”

This arc will be left open with the ending of “Salvation,” which will point to a “Terminator 5” film. “The ending is indeed elliptical,” McG said. ‘And it challenges the audience. It’s not a happy little bow of an ending at all. The ending is tough and requires reflection, and in some degrees it bifurcates the audience. You walk back to the car and one person thinks it means this, and the other person thinks it means that.”

“I’m working on ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ out of Disney,” he said of the update of the Jules Verne tale. “I’m prepping that.”

But if “Salvation” is a big enough hit, those other movies might have to wait until McG and Christian Bale reunite for the fifth “Terminator” flick.

“I would never presume there would be another picture - that is up to the audience,” he explained. “But if the audience jumps up and likes it and wants another one, Christian and I have been talking about it and we’ll see what happens.”

“You have to see how the film is received,” McG added. “And that’s in the hands of the fans.”

New Moon

According to The Geek Files, "Filming has today started on Summit Entertainment's 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon,' the studio has announced.

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner reprise their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black. Chris Weitz ('The Golden Compass,' 'About a Boy') is directing and filming is taking place in Vancouver and Tuscany.

Also rejoining the movie are Ashley Greene as Alice, Peter Facinelli as Carlisle, Elizabeth Reaser as Esme, Kellan Lutz as Emmett, Nikki Reed as Rosalie, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper, Edi Gathegi as Laurent, Rachelle Lafevre as Victoria and Billy Burke as Charlie Swan.

New characters include the Volturi, a coven of law-enforcing vampires. Charlie Bewley is Demetri, Jamie Campbell Bower is Caius, Daniel Cudmore - who played steel-skinned mutant Colossus in the 'X-Men' movies - plays Felix, Christopher Heyerdahl is Marcus, Dakota Fanning plays Jane, a high ranking and powerful Volturi member and Cameron Bright is Alec, her brother.

Noot Seer plays Volturi member Heidi, Michael Sheen plays Aro, the Volturi leader, Graham Greene appears as Harry Clearwater, Quileute tribal leader and old friend of Bella's father Charlie and Tinsel Korey is Emily, the fiancé of Sam Uley.

In 'New Moon', Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love Edward (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner).

Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and she finds her loyalties tested."

Green Lantern

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Warner Bros. and DC Comics' next big-budget feature, 'Green Lantern,' will be made at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney, New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees said Thursday.

Director Martin Campbell will be at the helm of the comic book's big-screen adaptation, working from a script by Greg Berlanti and Michael Green. Donald Deline will produce with a reported budget of $150 million.

Rees said the film will create about 500 jobs and include a 'substantial investment' in digital effects work in Australia.

'Green Lantern' should be eligible to receive the Australian federal government's 15 percent location rebate on top of the incentives supplied by the New South Wales government to bring the project to Fox. New South Wales outbid interstate rivals Victoria and Queensland for the work.

'The decision by Warner Bros. to locate the production in New South Wales is tangible evidence that having a competitive incentive scheme in place returns positive results,' Fox Studios Australia CEO Nancy Romano said.

Preproduction on 'Green Lantern' is set to begin in July, and filming is scheduled to start in November. Warners is aiming to release the film in December 2010."