She'll be back!
The latest on the Terminator 4 production
Friday, September 24th, 2004
Source: Variety
According to Variety, after a year in the development shop,
"Terminator 4" is ready to be mobilized for a 2005 production
start. Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines scribes John Brancato and
Michael Ferris have completed a draft of a script that was
developed under the supervision of "T3" director Jonathan
Mostow.
C2 partners Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna are returning as producers,
and "T3" financier Intermedia, which has underwritten development
so far, will begin the process of setting up the coin for the
picture. Company topper Moritz Borman is expected to engage the
studios and distributors that bankrolled "T3."
Mostow, who took over the Terminator franchise from James Cameron,
is expected to next direct an untitled thriller he scripted for
Paramount. Intermedia will open formal negotiations shortly for a
deal that would make "T4" Mostow's next directing job.
Schwarzenegger's availability is the big question mark, since he's
engaged as governor of California. Discussions have already
occurred for him to return for an encore, but the likelihood is
that it would be in a limited role. Sources said the expectation is
that "T4" will break in a new terminator model.
Intermedia will be meeting soon with Warner Bros., which
distributed the film domestically, and Sony Pictures, which bought
most of the international rights. Both of those studios have an
option to serve the same roles in the fourth film. The film worked
out nicely for both studios: The $175 million-budgeted pic grossed
around $430 million worldwide. Distributors in other territories
like Japan-based Toha Towa, will also get first crack at a
reprise.
"T4" hasn't been formally budgeted, but the next film isn't
expected to cost as much as the last. For one thing, advances in
f/x technology should make shots more economical. There is also the
removal of a $30 million line expenditure, which was
Schwarzenegger's record-breaking upfront salary for "T3."
There is no word on whether Nick Stahl or Claire Danes has yet been
approached for returns. Neither is believed to have been signed to
an option agreement.
