Christian Bale and now Charlotte Gainsbourg? What is this going to be the artsy-fartsy version of the Terminator series? Is Todd Haynes directing? Warner Bros. sent out some press release (which we never received, fuckers) about ‘Terminator 4’ aka “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,” and evidently Charlotte Gainsbourg has been tapped to play Kate Connor, the character played by Claire Danes in T3, who is now apparently John Connor’s (Bale) wife (this reteams the two actors who were in “I’m Not There,” but they had no scenes together). You’ll recall rapper Common is already signed on to play one of Bale’s action buddies.
Is this the “Batman/Iron Man” approach of hiring quality actors to play parts in mostly-silly action films, therefore lending the popcorn flicks some weight and gravitas? Maybe so, and we ain’t mad at that. They’re PG-13 films, but hey it worked for “Iron Man,” no?
Principal photography began May 5 in New Mexico and Bale is signed of for three films (if they do well enough to spawn two more). Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins is supposed to hit theaters May 22, 2009 and who knows, it’s sounding interesting, maybe we’ll go see it.