Terminator Salvation seemed to be plagued with problems, right from the start. First TS star Christian Bale had a YouTube moment, pitching a fit at director of photography Shane Hurlbut, for getting in his way. Then Bale broke his hand shooting a scene, and his co-star Sam Worthington hurt his back. Then special effects man Mike Menardis almost lost his leg in an effects explosion. Stan Winston, the special effects makeup man who designed the original Terminator cyborg and the dinos in Jurassic Park dies of multiple myeloma (TS was his last film). The film also had to rush through filming due to the impending Screen Actors Guild strike, and an inflating budget, which tapped out at $200 million. As if all that wasn’t enough, several lawsuits were filed against Halcyon Company, the production company that bought the rights to the Terminator franchise, by former rights owners and producers who claimed that they didn’t get their fair cut from the final transfer deal and that they were owed more money. The suits were all settled out of court.

The film was finally released in theatres on May 21st, 2009 to mostly negative reviews. Most critics felt that although director McG is capable, and the action sequences were well done, the character development and the flatness of Bales performance hurt the movie, making the picture drag. Fans were disappointed that the film was rated PG-13 and not R as the previous movies in the franchise, viewing the decision as a “sell-out” just to get more money from younger viewers.

The box office recipts were telling, as the film only earned $13.3 million opening day. The film’s total domestic gross was only $125 million in the U.S., but fared better overseas where it raked in $245 million, giving it a worldwide gross of $371 million. Although a decent take, it preformed well below expectations.

The DVD & Blu-Ray release seems long in coming, having been originally scheduled for an October release, then for November, and now finally December. There will be two releases, the Theatrical version and the Director’s Cut, which features roughly 3 minutes of additional footage and an “R” rating.

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The man behind “American Pie” and “About a Boy” wasn’t the obvious choice to take on “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” the second book in Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster teen vampire romance series. But Chris Weitz, who also writes and produces, sometimes with his brother Paul, had done a fantasy adaptation in 2007’s “The Golden Compass” and felt a connection to the material. On Nov. 20, “Twilight” fans — and Summit Entertainment, which is releasing the film — will determine whether he was up to the task.

THR: What really happened with Rachelle Lefevre being replaced for “Eclipse”?

Weitz: I don’t know much more than everybody else as to why it went down. I think it was a scheduling conflict. I feel very badly for Rachelle, while at the same time think that Bryce (Dallas) Howard is a terrific actress. She’ll do a terrific job.

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Warner Home Video has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of ‘Terminator Salvation’ starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander and Helena Bonham Carter.

The McG directed action adventure will be available to own beginning December 1, 2009. The official DVD Artwork and Bonus Materials have been added below. ‘Terminator Salvation’ is available now for pre-order on Single-Disc Edition and Blu-ray 3-Disc.

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Christian Serratos and costar pal Michael Welch step out for the grand opening party of Mi-6 Nightclub in West Hollywood on Tuesday night (September 15).
The 18-year-old star caught up with Life & Style mag to chat about The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and spilled a secrets about the set. [...]
On the new actors in the flick: “Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel [right] are really great to have on set. Everyone is so professional and nice. It’s become a really huge, fun family.”

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Columbia is negotiating with Oscar nominated filmmaker Gus Van Sant to develop and direct Restless, an original screenplay by first-time screenwriter Jason Lew. Exact story details are being kept under wraps, though it’s described as contemporary and distinctive take on young love. Brian Grazer will produce Restless along with Ron Howard and his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard for Imagine Entertainment. Lew and Bryce attended New York University together, which is where Lew first wrote the story as a play. Howard, who had acted in plays with Lew, read the story and encouraged him to write it as a screenplay and take it to her dad.

Van Sant is pretty hit or miss with me. In regards to his two most recent films, Milk was incredible, but I hated Paranoid Park. He’s certainly a very talented director but I think only when he has strong scripts, which may be why I loved Milk so much, as screenwriter Dustin Lance Black went on to win an Oscar for that script. According to THR, Imagine executives and Grazer and Howard really loved “Lew’s perspective and originality” as well as the “raw emotion of the story.” The intent is to shoot the movie in Oregon soon for around $15 million, which is where he shot Paranoid Park. I’ll be keeping my eye on this as it develops.

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