Anton Yelchin (Charlie Bartlett) is in negotiations to star as post-apocalyptic warrior Kyle Reese in director McG’s “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,” reports The Hollywood Reporter.
With only a few more months until production begins, Academy Award winner Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby) has been in contacted about coming on board to work on the sequel’s script. If brought on board, this would be the second major tentpole franchise Haggis has worked on. (The other one being the James Bond franchise with Casino Royale and the upcoming release Quantum of Solace).
Yelchin will play a teen version of Reese, the man who fathered world savior John Connor in the original “Terminator” film.
Reese, one of the children who survived a machine-driven nuclear holocaust, befriends Marcus (Sam Worthington), an early edition of the Terminator cyborg played in previous films by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Christian Bale will play John Connor in the time-traveling third sequel to the 1984 sci-fi action film, which is set for a Warner Bros. release in summer 2009.
The film picks up with their son (Bale), now in his 30s, fighting desperately to save a decimated civilization against machines that have taken control.
Yelchin will next be seen as Chekov in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” for Paramount.
Credit: The Hollywood Reporter
