Schwarzenegger might return to the big screen in 'Terminator Salvation'

Even if voters terminate Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget-related ballot measures May 19, he may get the chance to do some terminating of his own a couple of days later.

In a webcast interview today, the governor said he may return to the big screen next month in the film “Terminator Salvation.” Warner Bros. is exploring whether it can insert images of Schwarzenegger from the original Terminator movie into the new film starring Christian Bale, directed by McG and slated for release May 21.

Schwarzenegger told blogger Bill Bradley, who asked some questions of his own and others submitted via Twitter, that he had met with the director and agreed to be in the movie as long as he didn’t have to perform.

“I made it very clear that I don’t have the time to do the movie,” he said. “I said that I would be willing to be in the movie if they get the technology together, and so they are working on that right now.” In the film, a prequel to the original, Schwarzenegger would be in a brief scene in which the main character encounters him as a “future Terminator,” according to the governor. “I think it’s cool to continue on with the franchise ... in case I want to jump over again and get into the acting after I’m through here,” he said. The governor said he did not yet know what other opportunities might present themselves after he completes his term in less than two years, but he also suggested that he might write a book about his time in office.

-- Michael Rothfeld

Comments

[david]

I hope he does. 'HE'LL BE BACK"

[tw]

Great...maybe they will shoot this film in Austria, cause god knows he did nothing for the film community in LA......He was a bad actor, and an even worse Governor......

[joe price]

i think arnold ought to be a movie star again, because he is very good at acting

[joe price]

gavin for gov

[Justin]

What? Idiots - it's not a prequel, it's a sequel... Jesus.

[Dave J.]

I don't really see the point of Arnold appearing in the future since he's done all the fighting in the first three installments and I kind of got tired of him in the third installment, they should get someone else who is just as strong and bulky maybe Dolph Lundgen. They're alot of other people that can act like cyborgs too, it doesn't require great acting lessons to be a cyborg. Also he'll probably ask for some ridiculous amont of money like Marlon Brando did when he was in Superman.

[John]

If Terminator Salvation is set in 2018, how is it "a prequel to the original?"

[Glen Stewart]

I think this is quite amusing that an actor simply cant be bothered to act, although i like the idea of a future more up to date robot taking over and I'm sure with technology these days they can but Swats... face on the robot without him actually being their.

i would have to agree with David
' I hope he does. 'HE'LL BE BACK" '

[Jana]

He'll be back on june 3th

[Ryan]

I just realized it's both a sequel and a prequel. It's a sequel because we see a grown up John Connor after the events of the first movies, but it's also a prequel because we see a young Kyle Reese before he goes back in time.

[charles]

what the hell, its not a true sequel OR a prequel, its both. each movie had scenes of the future John Conner and technically Kyle Reese is younger (or the same age) that he was in the first Terminator. So if you really want to get into a debate about it, there are several time lines which would make this both prequel / sequel.

[Brian]

I would imagine prequel means everything that happened before the first movie...before the first terminator (arnold) was sent and everything that leads up to it. So if thats what the movie is based on, then prequel fits....

[Cyn]

"I think this is quite amusing that an actor simply cant be bothered to act, "

You do realize he's the Governor of California, right? It's not like he's got the time nowadays for acting.