BBC caught up with Victor Kubicek of production company Halcyon Co. at Cannes. His company recently picked up the ‘Terminator’ rights and is currently shooting a new movie in the franchise, called ‘Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.’ But they have even bigger plans with the follow-up of Schwarzenegger’s trilogy. They plan to make at least three new movies and Christian Bale has already signed for all of them.

“He’s really an actor’s actor, so we’re very proud. Christian was our first choice and he’s a big fan of The Terminator, so we’re very lucky,” Kubicek said. He was tight-lipped about the whole script. Common and Moon Bloodgood probably don’t even know the whole story. “Not everyone gets to see the script. They only see the part of the script that’s relevant to the job they’re doing,” Kubicek noted.

If you are interested in asking the producers a question about the new movie, you can check out the link below.

Common, yes that’s it, just Common, has been added to the ‘Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins’ cast as well. While the shooting began yesterday, some parts were apparently still to be given away. The Ice Cube hater will be helping out John Conner, played by none other than Christian Bale, in the heat of battle.

Yesterday we said Chirstian Bale might be the movie’s only hope. But Paul Haggis, writer of a couple of Oscar winning pictures, has also been mentioned in connection to the film. Although only to polish the (then mediocre?) script.

Rapper Common has been acting for a couple of years now and had some ‘memorable roles’ in movies like ‘Street Kings’ and ‘Smokin’ Aces.’ He will have a small part in the upcoming ‘Wanted’ as well.

‘Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins’ will start production today. But they won’t be head bashing and f-in all over the place. The team is targeting a PG-13 rating, following the ‘Die Hard’ franchise that went in the same direction last year.

With $1.03 billion by the first three R-rated movies, the production company Halcyon Co. thinks the quadrilogy is ready to broaden its audience. And with the wider audience comes the possibility for more merchandise. “Our merchandising program will be the largest to date for The Terminator,” Derek Anderson of Halcyon Co. said. And they aren’t planning on making the same crappy movie licensed games either. “The first three games were all bad,” Anderson said. “The core fans are screaming for something fresh; they won’t be just playing the movie.“

All big words for a company that bought the rights to the ‘Terminator’ franchise just last year. But when you read the firm is financed by hedge funds, I’m not sure what to think. The one thing the movie has going for it, is the participation of Christian Bale. But maybe they just threw him a bag of money too.