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99.9% Confirmed! Christian Bale IS John Connor in T4, However...

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter is confirming what we've heard before- Christian Bale is most likely going to be John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. However, word around town is that John Connor is NOT the main character in the film, as the story focuses on a new character, with Connor taking more of a secondary role.

Pretty interesting that they're casting such a high-profile actor in such a minor role, isn't it? What could this mean?

Stay tuned for more answers...


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32 Comments


April 26th, 2008 8:58am
Great! the made the best choice ever!
he's such a great actor! ;D

plz! arnie is old! he's not going 2 be in T4
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February 19th, 2008 2:44pm
wot i hear frm here and read off th net, their are changing to story to the film and am thinkin what the point of makin this film i dnt think anyone who love the first 2 movie are gonna like this new one and chaning the story. i dnt wanna see jonh when he 30 years old. it shud leave off from there number 3 left jus the war has jus began. And the new show about starting i cant wait to see it, what i see of it. it showing you wot happing between the film it self and i think that good. cant wait. but i do really think thier need to think over again abou the new film. people are not gonna go and pay to wacth a fuck up film there their chnage the story.
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February 19th, 2008 2:33pm
i do not think this christian bale should be in terminator 4 and i really think aronal should be in the new film. i loved this film since i was little and know the story off thr back of my hand and terminator was not as good as number two. why are their changin the story and the casting people?
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February 9th, 2008 9:47pm
He should have been in # 3 to I didn't like that other guy
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December 6th, 2007 9:50pm
Christian Bale should have been casted as the Terminator... hope he gets maximum screen time as Connor... with his charisma as an actor he will turn out to be the best thing in Terminator-4.
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December 5th, 2007 5:58am
Sweet! Bale is the man!! so hopefully conner will kick ass in this movie instead of being a wimp! lol!
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December 4th, 2007 8:01am
Check out the website:
www.terminatorfiles.com
for Terminator series info!!
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December 4th, 2007 7:59am
is the main role kyle reese from t1?
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December 3rd, 2007 6:03pm
i think he is a good actor and this shouldnt be a film for him
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December 3rd, 2007 5:30pm
Well, it will be great to have Christian Bale as John Conner.
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December 3rd, 2007 12:16pm
Check out the website: www.terminatorfiles.com for Terminator series info..they seem to match what alot of different movie websites statea about T4!?!?!
Also, there have been several book series and graphic novels associated with the Terminator series. The films have been novelized as well.
has been confirmed that T4 will take place after the events of T3, and will focus mainly on the war between man and Skynet.
So at this point anything goes!!!
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December 3rd, 2007 11:32am
Where is James Cameron? He needs to come back, its his vision of the future im interested in.
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December 3rd, 2007 10:01am
2MovieGuys- that summary is inaccurate (never trust IMDB, BTW).
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December 3rd, 2007 9:22am
this sounds like a really good idea, i wonder if they will have just one terminator or 2 one good, one bad, or a whole bunch cause it will deal with the future, i have no clue what im even talking about now i have just lost myself............
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December 3rd, 2007 8:43am
According to "Movie Database" plot summary for
"Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" will be:
After the drastic effects of "Terminator 3", the story continues as John Connor and soon to be wife Kate Brewster realize they must create a resistance organization with Earth's remaining survivors against the army of robots slowly being built up by Skynet. As they are building this resistance, one survivor happens to be a traitor in disguise, and has a secret that nobody would ever come to suspect.

There is also this "rumor", that Vin Diesel is taking meetings with the Terminator people and the assumption is it's about him being a Terminator???
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December 3rd, 2007 8:35am
The new movies may also focus around mike biehns' character in the first movie"Reese" he is very important because after all he is johns father!!! Time travel is soooooo confusing!
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December 3rd, 2007 8:26am
I'm pretty sure the tv show will take over the movie franchise...people will forget about this one...
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December 3rd, 2007 8:13am
These "Terminator" rumors just get better and better!
Christian Bale should be interesting, but I agree John Connor can't be a "minor" role. The films revolved around him. I wondering why James Cameron is not involved, or what he thinks of these changes??
I'm still scratching my head over "McG" directing?? I mean this is the man who gave us such silly films as:
"Charlie's Angels", "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", "We Are Marshall", and "Stay Alive"!
I ageree W./"Space101". The first 2 Terminators were good, & the 3rd came from left field with ending. The 4th film has potential, but without John Connor in a major role it will suck. Also what about Arnold Schwarzenegger and/Or Linda Hamilton to? Will they even be mentioned?
I just can't believe James Cameon let this slip though his fingers!??
On May 9, 2007, it was announced that rights to the Terminator series had passed hands from producers Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar to the Halcyon Co., a privately funded company formed by entrepreneurs Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson. In a Variety article detailing the purchase, it states the fourth film is now earmarked for a summer 2009 release and will focus on a 30-year old John Connor in what the producers hope will be a new trilogy.
This could be really really good, exciting & fresh, or just silly and stupid to make a boatload of cash short on story, substance and/Or plot!
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December 3rd, 2007 8:05am
This means..........the primary one is bigger than Cristian.......anyway,what a new to be heard.....Cristian Bale in Terminator..........hey wait......some says abt Vin Diesel's role....he'll take Arnold's one rite......So......he's the primary one.
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December 3rd, 2007 8:02am
This means..........the primary one is bigger than Cristian.......anyway,what a new to be heard.....Cristian Bale in Terminator..........hey wait......some says abt Vin Diesel's role....he'll take Arnold's one rite......So......he's the primary one.
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December 3rd, 2007 7:48am
well i didnty like the third one. it had some good moments but overall style change in how everything was approached and i think that is due to director changes. but i do agree that Bale does not deserve a minor role and John Connor being a minor role is very stupid. The Connor's have been the main characters in every single movie so far. The franchise storyline would not make sense if the focus went to someone else. That would be dumb. I actually like Christian Bale as John Connor, but it needs to be as a major role not minor.
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December 3rd, 2007 7:23am
Hey, all three Terminators were awesome, but you're walking on thin ice if you make John Conner a minor role. I mean, all three revolved around him and his mom, why wouldn't it now? If John DOES end up a minor role, they better have a damn good excuse for it, or else this movie's gonna bomb (and I mean BAD) with the Terminator fans (like me).
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December 3rd, 2007 7:17am
The first 2 Terminators were good...the 3rd was just out of the blue...this 4th one will either make or brake...
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December 3rd, 2007 7:07am
Doesn't really matter, because it's McG. I don't take people seriously when they change their name to sound like a hip hamburger.
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December 3rd, 2007 6:38am
Cool, I can dig it. But I have to agree with BB on this. T3 sucked goat balls six ways to next sunday.
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December 3rd, 2007 6:33am
You know what, Arnold made this franchise, but I like Bale and i really think this could surprise a lot of people if the rumours are true.
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December 3rd, 2007 4:23am
McG serves up T4 with fries and a coke!
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December 3rd, 2007 12:51am
Answer is, the Terminator source material still has stories to generate, Christian Bale is a reputed actor and today's special effects will dazzle geeks and everyone in between. Word.
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December 2nd, 2007 10:24pm
Word. Question is, after the crapfest that is T3, do we really care?
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December 2nd, 2007 9:56pm
Arnold in the first Terminator is the main character, he has a lethal badass persona. You gotta have hero (struggle) with the villain (to conflict/play off each other).
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