UGO recently discovered that the director’s cut of Terminator Salvation, soon to be released all over your face on DVD and BluRay, will be rated R for “violence and brief nudity.” This is interesting for a couple of reasons: 1. it’s a slow news day. 2. McG has contradicted himself a few times now vis a vis his film’s rating and the reasons for it.
Back in March at Wondercon, McG told a screaming crowd that WB was trying to get him to cut a scene showing Moon Bloodgood’s boobs. “Do you want to see Moon’s boobs in the picture?” McG said while sitting next to the actress, trying to fire up the all-male audience. (I also imagine him pointing at her boobs while he said it, but that may be dramatic license). And this is neither here nor there, but he also promised the crowd that the movie “is gonna knock your f’ckin balls up your ass.” Woohoo, I f’ckin love balls up my ass, McG imagined the crowd cheering.
Two dollars.
Terminator Salvation has grossed over $370 million worldwide so far (and still isn’t out on DVD). Yet this is happening:
Three companies belonging to Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek, owners of the “Terminator” franchise rights and producers of May’s “Terminator Salvation,” have filed for bankruptcy [...] Those owed the most money include a number of top industry law firms such as Greenberg Traurig ($437,618.61); Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard, & Shapiro ($120,672.89) and O’Melveny & Myers ($96,565.86). They also owe $25,000 to C2 Pictures, the production company controlled by previous “Terminator” owners Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna. In addition, one British individual [Orlando Wood] is owed $3.5 million. There is no reason given for any of the debts. The three companies each list estimated assets and liabilities totaling between $10 million and $50 million. [The LA Times]
But don’t worry about Anderson and Kubicek. They’ll be fine:
In a recent interview, McG revealed that Christian Bale’s outburst wasn’t his first run-in with an actor, and that Bill Murray had actually headbutted him on the set of Charlie’s Angels. As if actors needed more reasons not to work with McG.
“I’m reintroducing the fist-fight to movie sets,” he smiles. “I don’t think there’s been a film I’ve made where there hasn’t been some kind of physical fight. I mean, I’ve been headbutted by an A-list star. Square in the head. An inch later and my nose would have been obliterated.” Will he be revealing any names? “Nah, I probably shouldn’t,” he smiles. “But it was Bill Murray. Y’know, it’s a passionate industry.” [Guardian via Playlist]
It’s hard to tell if he was being serious and I doubt someone from The Guardian would know the difference, but in any case let’s assume McG is an a-hole and no one should work with him ever. There, done. Who could make Bill Murray so angry he wants to fight? He’s adorable. It’d be like getting mauled by a pygmy baby hippo.
(”I SPEND THIS ENTIRE MOVIE YELLING!”)
Terminator Salvation might be the coolest looking, most visually impressive, best choreographed movie I’ve seen all year, and it would be even better if they’d actually finished writing the script.
During the press tour, director McG had been saying all the right things - acknowledging that letting the Charlie’s Angels guy direct a Terminator movie sounds like a horrible idea, and that having a name like “McG” might make a person sound like kind of a douchebag. He went out of his way to show deference, which made his argument that he’d made a worthy sequel sound sincere. He even went so far as to say on a radio show that he was tempted to give out his phone number on the air “so that people who don’t like it can call me for a refund.” Hey, McG, does that offer still stand? I know a few people who owe you a call…
So the first Terminator Salvation reviews are out and… it ain’t lookin’ good. Boy, who would’ve thought letting the one-named guy behind Charlie’s Angels direct a fourth Terminator was a bad idea, huh?
[picture courtesy of ScreenJunkies]
