Terminator 4 Announced

MGM has announced that over the next few years, they will release half a dozen huge tentpole films in the $200 million budget range, one which will be likely be Terminator 4.



Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't expected to return in anything more than a cameo. The original plan was to introduce a totally new Terminator.

"We did have to think about a new franchise character. He couldn't carry the movies anymore. So that caused us to have, I think, a pretty novel approach about what the new terminator would be like, screenwriter John Brancato told Latino Review in 2004. "Again, they made me actually sign things that I would not leak. As much as I would like to brag about the script, I can't really tell you."

Rumored Terminator replacements over the last couple years have included: Ralph Moeller, The Rock and Orlando Bloom (Seriously. This must have been before Elizabethtown hit the fan).

But with Arnold's political career possibly coming close to an end, things may change. I'm sure it's very possible to rewrite Arnold back into the story.

Terminator 3 stars Claire Danes and Nick Stahl are not expected to return for the fourth film.

"None of the cast is coming back," Stahl told SciFi Wire in early 2005. "The T4 story is changing conceptually. I believe it's a jump to the future, so my character will be quite a bit older. That's all that I know. So I'm not coming back, which is a drag."

Claire Danes has said that she would be back if there were interest: "Well, I've contracted to do one again," she said in a 2002 SciFiWire interview. "If audiences would like to see more of me doing this kind of thing, I'm obliged to give it to them. But I don't know if I'm going to make it a habit to pursue every other kind of movie franchise that's out there. I really love doing as many different kinds of work as possible."

Last year it was also rumored that Equilibrium director Kurt Wimmer had signed on to helm the film. But after the critically bashed and money loss leader Ultraviolet hit screens earlier this year, plans may have changed.

Moviehole reported in late 2004, that James Cameron was interested in coming back to the series as either a writer or producer. We have seen no evidence to support this claim however.

Catwoman and Terminator 3 screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris completed a draft (or 80 page treatment depending on who you talk to) in 2004. David C. Wilson (Supernova) was brought on to do a total re-write based on their story.