Washington
(ANI):
Actor
Christian
Bale
is
in
talks
for
the
role
of
John
Connor
in
the
next
instalment
of
Warner
Bros.'
"Terminator" franchise.
If
things
go
as
planned,
the
actor
will
be
headlining
two
major
pics
for
the
studio
–
'Terminator
Salvation:
The
Future
Begins"
and
the
Batman
movie
'The
Dark
Knight".
Bale
will
play
Connor,
who
will
be
in
this
30s,
in
the
fourth
instalment
of
the
franchise,
reports
Variety.
McG
is
directing
the
project,
with
the
pic
scheduled
to
start
production
in
Budapest
in
April
next
year.
It
is
scheduled
to
hit
screens
in
summer
2009.
Warners
has
picked
up
North
American
distribution
rights
to
"Terminator
Salvation" in
October.
International
rights
are
still
open.
Sony
has
first
rights
to
those.
The
pic
is
being
produced
by
the
privately
funded
Halcyon
along
with
former
Intermedia
CEO
Moritz
Borman;
the
two
teamed
up
to
acquire
the
rights
to
the
franchise
from
ex-Carolco
partners
Andy
Vajna
and
Mario
Kassar.
Producers
intend
the
project
to
be
the
first
in
a
trilogy
reinventing
the
franchise.