Terminator Asks for Salvation

"Terminator Salvation" stars Christian Bale as John Connor, the hero with a complicated history who has had to battle machines from the future. Sam Worthington plays Marcus Wright, a man who is not fully human but believes he is Connor's last chance to stop the war between SkyNet and humanity.

The film is being directed by McG, who was recently interviewed by the LA Times to discuss the newest addition to the "Terminator" franchise.

According to the LA Times, "The year is 2018 and mankind is being snuffed out by the malevolent machines of SkyNet. The man who is destined to lead the human resistance, John Connor (Bale), is now an adult but is struggling with his legacy and the suspicions of his ragged compatriots. He also is staggered when he meets Marcus Wright (Worthington), whose last memory is of being a death row prisoner before the apocalyptic attacks of SkyNet. Wright turns out to be a SkyNet-created cyborg model but one that does not match the prophecies that have guided Connor his entire life. The distrusting pair set off on a quest to find answers, and the path leads to Dr. Serena Kogen (Helena Bonham Carter) and an ending that 'will shock everyone,' McG promises. The cast also features hip-hop star Common, Moon Bloodgood, Anton Yelchin and Bryce Dallas Howard, the daughter of filmmaker Ron Howard.

For former music video director McG (his birth name is Joseph McGinty Nichol; he grew up with the nickname), the film is a chance to establish himself in the special-effects blockbuster sector after directing films such as the glossy 'Charlie's Angels' and the football melodrama 'We Are Marshall.' If this film clicks as Warner Bros. expects, McG will have a film franchise as well as his considerable success as a television producer with shows such as 'Supernatural' and 'Chuck.'

'I do believe this is a great opportunity for me,' McG said, 'and we have a story to tell, state-of-the-art special effects and, in Christian Bale, nothing less than the most credible and intense action star in the world.'"



The article explained how neither star Arnold Schwarzenegger nor director James Cameron have helped this movie get made. McG was also skeptical as to whether another sequel was needed after "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."

"'Sequels that match or meet the first film are hard to pull off, still, I think,' McG said. 'I know I made a substandard one with the 'Charlie's Angels' sequel, and I wasn't eager to make another one that followed someone else's movies.'

The script by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, though, took the characters into dark, unexpected directions and, unlike the previous three films, this one is set entirely in a grim, soul-crushing future.

'We're going to win people over when they see what we have here. We're bringing credibility back to 'Terminator.''"

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