Set in 2018, the film is dark and apocalyptic, "exploring what the world is like after a nuclear holocaust," the director said.
The brief clip shown Saturday was filled with explosions, tanks, gas masks, guns and crushed skulls. "One of the joys of going to the movies is not knowing what's going to happen."
"We release, like everyone else does, misinformation campaigns," McG said. He acknowledged that the studio is responsible for some of the online rumours. Summary: They came from another time to ensure that the future would belong solely to the machines. "If it's an R-rated picture, it's an R-rated picture and that's that." Read comic: Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle. "We put the picture first at all times," he said. The movie, now shooting in New Mexico, could end up with an R rating rather than the rumoured PG-13, McG revealed. "He wrestles one of the hydrobots," the director said. James Cameron, who directed the first two "Terminator" films, and special-effects master Stan Winston, who died in June, also each had a hand in the film, McG said, adding that Winston made a cameo appearance. "The T-800 model indeed is part of the mythology of Terminator," McG said coyly, referring to the machine model California's governor played in the first three films. SAN DIEGO - "Terminator Salvation" won't hit theatres until next summer, but thousands of fans got an early look at a portion of the film Saturday.ĭirector McG presented never-before-seen footage during a Comic-Con panel and offered a few hints about what to expect from the highly anticipated fourth instalment in the "Terminator" franchise.įor example, Arnold Schwarzenegger could be back.