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Terminator Salvation Enters Post-Production by Clarke BaldwinIn a recent announcement, director Joseph McGinty Nichol, or “McG” as he is known in the industry, announced that Terminator Salvation was well into post-production. Salvation, formerly referred to as Terminator 4, will be released on May 22nd.In this press release, director McG emphasized the film’s strong points lie with their excellent casting. Indeed, showing off actor Christian Bale’s new role in a tantalizing trailer during the launch of the epic blockbuster smash hit “The Dark Knight” was precisely the way to show off such a great choice. Christian Bale can pull off the action scenes believably, yet all the while maintain a sophistication and convey a high level of intelligence to the viewers. Indeed for audiences to believe that the John Connor who was a teenager of relatively limited bravery in the last Terminator film has transformed into a lean, mean fighting machine of his own, will involve a great performance by a great star. For that, Christian Bale leads the industry at the moment. Christian Bale lends authenticity to a film that revels in his area of expertise: these types of dark action films, which indeed the new terminator looks to have a darker feel to it, all but fill up Christian”s repertoire of acting.For example, the cult hit of Equilibrium (2002), which did not see a theatrical release, surprised producers as Bale”s acting pushed the film to a legendary level of cult status for an action film that perhaps is only surpassed by “The Boondock Saints”. Other films such as 3:10 to Yuma, the Prestige, and of course, the Dark Knight, all helped to bolster that image and allow Bale to quite easily set the tone for the new Terminator film. Director McG is also heavily relying on actor Sam Worthington, who until now has not had many major roles, starring with only minor roles in such films as “The Great Raid” and “Hart’s War”. Yet one should not be too quick to dismiss Sam Worthington, for he was indeed considered in the running to replace Pierce Brosnan as the new Bond, though eventually Sam and fellow contender Henry Cavill (once dubbed the “the most unlucky man in Hollywood”) were passed over for Daniel Craig.In another twist of irony, the original Terminator director, James Cameron picked Sam Worthington for a leading role in the upcoming science fiction Avatar film, which will also be released in 2009. With both Sam and Christian Bale on the path to becoming even larger stars in Hollywood, director McGinty may be right in emphasizing his actor’s strengths. However, in his announcement, McG stated the editing team was working on some things never before done, which may or may not be a statement merely to increase hype. However, he stated he was being mute due to a lack of success in achieving it. A strange omission, but nothing that will scare any fan devoted enough to read his announcement away from the promising future blockbuster.Clarke Baldwin is a journalist who has worked for Dallas Morning News and other publications. You can find his site at Super Media Blog and this article at Terminator Salvation Enters Post-Production.Article Source: eArticlesOnline.com