First Trailer for “Terminator Salvation”

In the highly anticipated new installment of the Terminator film franchise, set in the post-apocalyptic year 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor.

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Connor is destined to lead humanity’s resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future unfolds differently from what Connor expected when Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being sentenced to death, suddenly appears.

Connor must decide whether Marcus was sent from the future or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final assault, Connor and Marcus embark on an odyssey that takes them inside Skynet’s organization, where they uncover the terrible secret behind humanity’s possible annihilation.

The film also stars Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese, Charlotte Gainsbourg as Kate Connor, Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams, Common as Barnes and Jadagrace as Star, as well as Helena Bonham Carter as Serena.

TERMINATOR SALVATION marks the latest sequel in the billion-dollar Terminator franchise and will be the first film in a new Terminator trilogy.

The film is scheduled to open in US cinemas on May 22, 2009, followed by Germany on June 4, 2009. Principal photography is taking place at Albuquerque Studios and at locations throughout New Mexico.

The Moritz Borman production, presented by the Halcyon Company, is directed by McG from a screenplay by Michael Ferris and John Brancato. The film is produced by Moritz Borman, Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek and Jeffrey Silver, and co-produced by Peter D. Graves, Bahman Naraghi, Mario F. Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, Joel B. Michaels, Dan Lin and Jeanne Allgood.

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