Confirmed: Christian Bale Up for Terminator 4's John Connor! December 03, 2007 10:12:16 Heavy speculations on Christian Bale in line for leading role in "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" turn out to indeed ring true. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the Batman actor is currently in negotiations to play John Connor, the leader of the human resistance against Skynet. Should Bale lands the deal, he will portray Connor in his thirties, who is organizing the surviving humans to fight against Skynet's army of robots. The character previously was played by Edward Furlong in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and Nick Stahl in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."Such extremely good news that is. Terminator - one of my very top movie series of all times, and Christian Bale definitely in my top actors over the past few years, amongst the very best. :grin: No Arnold, yet, and it doesn't look good, no...
Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009) Movie Info Genre Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi Release Date May 22, 2009 Production Budget $150 millions Studio Warner Bros. Pictures Cast and Crew Director McG Producer Moritz Borman, Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, McG, Jeffrey Silver Screenwriter John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris, David C. Wilson Starring * Christian Bale as John Connor * Sam Worthington * Anton Yelchin * Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams * Common as Barnes * Charlotte Gainsbourg Movie Story In the highly anticipated new installment of "The Terminator" film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.