Terminator 4

Which Skull Stomping Terminator Future Is Your Favorite?

The time line for Terminator 4 plops John Connor in the year of 2018, in between Judgment Day and the eventual triumph of the human race in 2029. When you start to wrap your head around the many timelines of the Terminators, it’s easy to get them confused. For example, the original Terminator includes robot-sniffing…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 7

Original Sarah Connor Back To Kick More Robot Butt?

Click to viewWill we seen the original Sarah Connor again? Rumor has it that Linda Hamilton may be making appearances in not one but in all three of the Terminator movies currently in various states of production, with studio sources claiming that Hamilton will be back in flashback scenes where Christian Bale fondly remembering the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 6

Helena Bonham Carter Reveals How Her Crazy Will Be Used In Terminator 4

Staple crazy character actor Helena Bonham Carter opened up to Sci Fi Wire about her role in McG’s Terminator: Salvation. And guess what? She plays kind of a nutty character. Apparently she was a last-minute replacement for Tilda Swinton. Click through for slightly spoilery details on H.B.C.’s newest loon character, and to find out about…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 5

In The Battle Between Terminator’s Bale And Worthington, We All Win

Sam Worthington is a bad mutha (shut yo mouth). Can you dig it? But seriously, after watching steely eyed Worthington stare down the press at the Terminator: Salvation panel, I now believe that he could take down our beloved Christian Bale in the bad-assery department. How can this be? Click through to find out my…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 1

Which Will Be Cooler: Terminator 4, Or Sarah Connor Season 2?

For the first time ever, soon the Terminator will be competing… with the Terminator. It’s likely that Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles will still be on the air, telling its own version of the robo-pocalypse/time-travel story, when Terminator Salvation hits theaters next May. Both versions will have their strengths and weaknesses, but which will be cooler?…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 31

New Terminator 4 Trailer Shows Death, Destruction And A Sad John Connor

Terminator Salvation blasted into Comic Con with a life size T-600, and director McG. The panelists talked about how the futuristic world will be bleak, burned up and completely free of race and sex stereotypes (the revolution is multiracial and powered by ladies). But more importantly, they debuted a new trailer for T4 which showed…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 26

Everything You Knew About Star Trek’s Villain May Be Wrong

We’re frantically spinning out some spoilers from the floor of Comic-Con, but we still managed to score some good ones. Like a revelation about the Star Trek movie’s villain that could change everything. And a new X-Files 2 trailer that shows Mulder and Scully doing something we were told they wouldn’t do. Not to mention…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

Terminator 4 Takes A Turn For The Weird

Welcome back to our spoiler fest. A set report from the new Terminator movie mentions a very weird plot twist. Also, the American Life On Mars remake released a ton of official info about the new show, and how it’s going to rework the British cult hit. There are some new details about Star Wars:…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23

Exclusive Look Inside Terminator 4 Shows A New Wheel In Town

Click to viewLook at this set photo from Terminator: Salvation. Is this John Connor’s new BatPod? Or something more sinister? This is just one of the behind-the-scenes pics io9 just obtained. Click through for more pics, plus speculation about the nature of this wheeled beast. Spoilers ahead. Call me optimistic but I don’t think it’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 22

Did Christian Bale Rob Edward Furlong Of His Big Comeback?

If there was any doubt that Christian Bale couldn’t handle the role of the salvation of man, this newly released still from Terminator 4 just about clears it up. But what about the original John Connor? Would you believe the present-day Edward Furlong could replace shaven-headed Bale? Click through for a spoilery reveal as to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 18

Lost Season Five May Be Different Than You Expected

It’s our last chance to post Dark Knight spoilers before most people have already seen the new Batman film, so we link to a ridiculously detailed obsessive-compulsive recap of the entire film. We also have some new intriguing hints about Star Wars: Clone Wars and Terminator 4. Also, the producers of Lost teased the show’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 18

First Look At Terminator 4’s Underwater Kill-Bots

The teaser trailer for Terminator 4 is out, and John Connor is still looking grim. The smokin’, shaven-headed Christian Bale uses his sexy Batman voice to tell us we’re all going to die. Add some shots of robots stepping on skulls and dangling bodies, and I’m pretty sold. I hate to let a well-edited trailer…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 16

Terminator And Star Trek Are The Yin And Yang Of Time Travel

Click to viewStar Trek and Terminator often feature the same time-travel story: someone journeys back in time from the future. The only difference is, in Trek, our heroes are usually arriving from a shining paradise, while the Terminator franchise always shows people fleeing the shattered ruins of Earth. Whether they come from a dystopia or…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 3

SAG Strike: Much Ado About Nothing, Or Disaster For Scifi?

With all the fussing and fretting over the possible Screen Actors Guild strike, it’s surprising that it’s so far gone nowhere, and doesn’t seem to be harming our beloved scifi movies at all. Was it the fact that people were tired of talking about a strike or did the public just not care what the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 2

Crazy Helena Bonham Carter Rocking The Goth Style In Terminator 4

Helena Bonham Carter may be lending her dark, crazy-lady charm to the war between humans and machines in the next Terminator movie, Terminator: Salvation. Reuters reported Carter is “in talks” to play a small but pivotal role . We know she can’t resist the chance to show Victorian-style cleavage, but how will that apply here?…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 30

John Connor Loves Motorcycles, Still Hates Robots

Ain’t It Cool News got a description of the new Terminator: 4 trailer, set to preview with the release of Dark Knight on July 18th. According to the footage they’ve been showing focus groups, There is a Christain Bale voice-over saying, “I always knew it would happen. They told me I could stop it. That…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 20

Miles Teves, Robot/Monster Sculptor

Why he rules: Miles Teves got his start working as a concept illustrator with Rob Bottin Productions, helping to design the unique look of Paul Weller’s cyborg body in RoboCop. Since then, he’s done everything from masks to makeup to concept design to storyboarding. A sculptor since he made dinosaurs as a child, Teves has…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 10

Leaked Terminator 4 Ending Is False, Says Director

That rumor we posted earlier today? About what happens to John Connor in Terminator 4? It’s totally not true, says director McG in a new entry on his production blog. “By the way, there are only three people who know the ending,” he says. And then he tries to change the subject with some info…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3

Rumor: John Connor Meets An Alarming Fate In Terminator 4

Ain’t It Cool News claims to have gotten wind of the ending to robot-apocalypse film Terminator 4, which just started shooting. If it’s true, it could set up some very weird directions in the fifth and sixth movies, which Christian Bale is already signed up for. And it would make the Terminator saga even more…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3

Four Butt-Kicking Girls Who Should Be Generals in the War Against the Machines

Click to view Rumor has it that Bryce Dallas Howard is in “talks” to replace Charlotte Gainsbourg in the role of Christian Bale’s wife in McG’s Terminator 4. While I applaud the studio’s decision not to cast the same generic “we can punch and kick” ladies of movies past (Jessica Biel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 2

Which Skull Stomping Terminator Future Is Your Favorite?

Original Sarah Connor Back To Kick More Robot Butt?

Helena Bonham Carter Reveals How Her Crazy Will Be Used In Terminator 4

In The Battle Between Terminator’s Bale And Worthington, We All Win

Which Will Be Cooler: Terminator 4, Or Sarah Connor Season 2?

New Terminator 4 Trailer Shows Death, Destruction And A Sad John Connor

Everything You Knew About Star Trek’s Villain May Be Wrong

Terminator 4 Takes A Turn For The Weird

Exclusive Look Inside Terminator 4 Shows A New Wheel In Town

Did Christian Bale Rob Edward Furlong Of His Big Comeback?

Lost Season Five May Be Different Than You Expected

First Look At Terminator 4’s Underwater Kill-Bots

Terminator And Star Trek Are The Yin And Yang Of Time Travel

SAG Strike: Much Ado About Nothing, Or Disaster For Scifi?

Crazy Helena Bonham Carter Rocking The Goth Style In Terminator 4

John Connor Loves Motorcycles, Still Hates Robots

Miles Teves, Robot/Monster Sculptor

Leaked Terminator 4 Ending Is False, Says Director

Rumor: John Connor Meets An Alarming Fate In Terminator 4

Four Butt-Kicking Girls Who Should Be Generals in the War Against the Machines

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