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T4 hits a snag
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by: Mike Sampson Jul. 19, 2007

I'm not sure if any of you out there were really looking forward to a TERMINATOR 4 that wouldn't include Arnold Schwarzenegger, but if you were, prepare to be disappointed. Halcyon Co., the company that owns the rights to the TERMINATOR sequel, recently filed a lawsuit against MGM saying the studio is interfering with their plans to make a fourth film. Halcyon would like the right to sell distribution of TERMINATOR 4 to the highest bidder but MGM is claiming it has rights to distribute the film through a deal when Orion declared bankruptcy in 1990. The rest is all legal mumbo-jumbo but suffice it to say, you probably won't see much TERMINATOR 4 action until this all cools down. The funny party is that MGM says they had committed $200 million to a TERMINATOR 4 to which I say, where the hell is MGM coming up with $200 million?! I had no idea MR. BROOKS was such a bit hit... Anyway, I think we'd all be happy if a TERMINATOR 4 never happened and we can all move on with our life watching "The Sarah Conner Chronicles" on Fox.

Source: Variety

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Extra Tidbit: With movies like SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, PLATOON and DANCES WITH WOLVES, how did Orion go bankrupt?

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randychico
5:07AM on 07/21/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I also wouldnt mind it there is no Arnold Swachsje3jen$eger, I even found him a little forced on #3, as for a sequel I would love to see how the war begins.



As for the poster, that's Polish, you should all do a search for polish film posters, basically artist who didnt necesarily knew a film where given free creative liberties about a poster desing.. they only had to include the...
I also wouldnt mind it there is no Arnold Swachsje3jen$eger, I even found him a little forced on #3, as for a sequel I would love to see how the war begins.



As for the poster, that's Polish, you should all do a search for polish film posters, basically artist who didnt necesarily knew a film where given free creative liberties about a poster desing.. they only had to include the title.
 
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Tonydannie
8:04AM on 07/20/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
where did mgm...
Get The Money??? I guess people seem to forget that MGM Owns One Of the most Progitable Franchises in hollywood. Wether you like them or not It is Profitable And that is none other then The James Bond Franchise. Oh and Robocop 2 was good. And KNowing that Frank Miller was responsible for some of it. It is a tad better.
Get The Money??? I guess people seem to forget that MGM Owns One Of the most Progitable Franchises in hollywood. Wether you like them or not It is Profitable And that is none other then The James Bond Franchise. Oh and Robocop 2 was good. And KNowing that Frank Miller was responsible for some of it. It is a tad better.
 
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g_chavez
2:01AM on 07/20/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hey, Robocop 2 was the balls! Not as good as the first but still damn good. Watch it again sometime.
Hey, Robocop 2 was the balls! Not as good as the first but still damn good. Watch it again sometime.
 
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WalterKovacs
10:05PM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
That Terminator poster is fuckin awesome. Is that Russian?
That Terminator poster is fuckin awesome. Is that Russian?
 
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Rohan
8:52PM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I want to see
I want to see T4, I am waiting for it to come out. i want to see what happens they can't just leave the story in the mid and never makes it. I would be happy to see ARNOLD again as T4. If not him, I think Jean Claude Va Damme is better to play as Terminator or JOHN CENA, who starred in THE MARINE and also kicking ass on raw.



Rohan
I want to see T4, I am waiting for it to come out. i want to see what happens they can't just leave the story in the mid and never makes it. I would be happy to see ARNOLD again as T4. If not him, I think Jean Claude Va Damme is better to play as Terminator or JOHN CENA, who starred in THE MARINE and also kicking ass on raw.



Rohan
 
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pedestrianREX
6:59PM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Let's not forget Orion's greatest achievement, 'Clifford.'
Let's not forget Orion's greatest achievement, 'Clifford.'
 
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kiba
5:11PM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
ummm
robots... mankind... war... did anyone not watch the matrix?



yes T4 being all about the war is a good film, but T3 could have been skipped
robots... mankind... war... did anyone not watch the matrix?



yes T4 being all about the war is a good film, but T3 could have been skipped
 
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annihilist
2:13PM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
frankly, i wouldn't shed a tear if Arnold went. his character has pretty much said and done everything he could.



i would love to see a 4th center around the war. or namely, the start of the war. the enslavement of mankind and whatnot, followed by John Connor's liberation of the people is a great story, and deserves to be told.

frankly, i wouldn't shed a tear if Arnold went. his character has pretty much said and done everything he could.



i would love to see a 4th center around the war. or namely, the start of the war. the enslavement of mankind and whatnot, followed by John Connor's liberation of the people is a great story, and deserves to be told.

 
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captainteague
1:56PM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Don't Hate What You Haven't Seen
Mr. Sampson, you arrogantly wrote: "I think we'd all be happy if a TERMINATOR 4 never happened"



First off, don’t speak for me, or anyone else when throwing hate on the Terminator franchise. I think you're offensively shortsighted and presumptuous to not only throw this franchise to the wolves, but throw the rest of us in with your obvious disdain for a 'T4'.

Well, this...
Mr. Sampson, you arrogantly wrote: "I think we'd all be happy if a TERMINATOR 4 never happened"



First off, don’t speak for me, or anyone else when throwing hate on the Terminator franchise. I think you're offensively shortsighted and presumptuous to not only throw this franchise to the wolves, but throw the rest of us in with your obvious disdain for a 'T4'.

Well, this reader is calling you out on the carpet. The previous installments have been major blockbusters. That is the ONLY fact that should be relevant when throwing around opinions about a fourth film. Until the filmmakers give us a 'Batman & Robin' piece of crap installment, you don't have a leg to bitch on. So, why don't you wait for a script, or better yet, the actual film to be made, before trashing what might just be a great flick. I don't know what version of T3 you watched, but what I saw practically begged for a follow-up story. The actual war of the machines, which we've been teased with since the first film! Give us all a break, Mike, and save your whining for a franchise that really has dropped the ball.

 
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Bigg_Daddy_P
12:23PM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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Agreed! However, they are also responsible for Robocop2 and 3!That answr your question?
Agreed! However, they are also responsible for Robocop2 and 3!That answr your question?
 
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Acerbus III
11:39AM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Orion's best movie:
ROBOCOP BABY! That is a good point...how did it go bankrupt??
ROBOCOP BABY! That is a good point...how did it go bankrupt??
 
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blk_flower
10:30AM on 07/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hopefully once it comes out I'll be too busy doing other stuff to even have time to see it. I don't know why some are annoyed that there won't be an arnold there's a perfect explanation if you watch them again.
Hopefully once it comes out I'll be too busy doing other stuff to even have time to see it. I don't know why some are annoyed that there won't be an arnold there's a perfect explanation if you watch them again.