"Halcyon Co. executives Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek are developing a fifth installment of the "Terminator" franchise with Terminator Salvation director McG, reports Variety.

The trade says the news came out of the Dubai International Film Festival. McG was in Dubai for the announcement.

No decision has been made as to where to film the next "Terminator," although the Middle East was mentioned as a locale.

Christian Bale has signed on in the role of John Connor for all three films in the newly planned trilogy. The next installment, after Terminator Salvation, is tentatively scheduled for a 2011 release.

Anderson and Kubicek had originally planned to wait until the release of Terminator Salvation next summer before deciding on whether to proceed with the next chapter, but the positive studio, fan and media reaction to footage from the current film has encouraged them to move forward ahead of schedule."

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51301

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After having seen the new trailer, I'm pretty sure it'll be big enough for another sequel.

Yay!

Ugh.

This shouldn't have gone past T2, though Rise Of The Machines wasn't bad.

It's not surprising that they're moving forward with a fifth film. The Harry Potter series is wrapping up, and so WB needs another huge franchise. Batman is huge, but Nolan may only do 1 or 2 more Batman films before another re-imagining takes place.

HELLS YAH!

T3 was pretty bland, T4 is giving me new hope for the franchise. Since seeing the flashbacks in T1 and especially T2 i longed for a movie addressing the future war. This is exciting development and unlike T3 not a rehash.

Set reports are getting published as the studio lifted the embargo. Here you can read a bunch of them. Sounds promising!

did we ever figure out the PG13/R debate?

The reports suggest an R-rating but who knows what will get cut in the end.

I won't watch a PG-13 Terminator film, so yeah, I hope for them its R.

Meh, whatever it turns out to be, i'll be there opening day. It goes without saying that i'd prefer the more intense (& sexier - supposedly there's a scene with Moon Bloodgood topless in the rain ) version but at the end of the day the enjoyment i get out of a movie is not determined by its rating.

Moon Blood(y)good? You sure there isn't a strip video of her already?

I would know.

For a franchise like Terminator, I would say its rating and quality are definitely intertwined.

Nice!

Slogan for the sequel, supersize the McG combo

YES!!!! as long as Christian Bale is playing in this franchise i will SEE it.

2011 is going to be massive!

You sure it wasn't just your last night's dream?

As if! I bothered posting the link yet nobody seems to read the reports, dammit! There it is written, in cold print.