For all ya Terminator fans.......It begins...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He'll be back -- Hollywood strike or no
strike!
Cameras began rolling this week on the latest "Terminator" movie
-- estimated to cost about $150 million -- for what many Hollywood
watchers say is a late start given concerns that labor tensions
could lead to an actors strike by July.
"Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins," began shooting on
Monday in New Mexico, bucking a trend in which studios have mostly
avoided launching new productions they cannot be sure of completing
before the Screen Actors Guild contract expires on June 30, a date
being treated as a facto strike deadline.
SAG and Hollywood's major studios hit a stalemate on Tuesday
after three weeks of talks, stoking fears of renewed Hollywood
labor unrest after a 100-day screenwriters strike that ended in
February.
Union leaders say they still hope to reach a deal without
resorting to a walkout, and SAG has yet to even seek authorization
from its 120,000 members to call a strike.
But with tens of millions of dollars at stake in making a movie,
few studios and filmmakers are taking any chances. One exception is
the team behind "Terminator."
Warner Bros, a unit of Time Warner Inc, is the U.S. distributor
for the fourth "Terminator" starring Christian Bale and set to
reach theaters in May 2009. Sony Corp's Sony Pictures is handling
international distribution.
The two studios had a similar deal for 2003's "Terminator 3:
Rise of the Machines," which grossed $433 million worldwide and was
the last film in the franchise to star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the
unstoppable cyborg from the future who made the line, "I'll be
back," a worldwide
