"Terminator 4" In Legal Limbo

[dafloppyone]

T Asset has sued MGM and claim the studio is interfering with their right to negotiate for the distribution of the planned fourth installment of the highly successful series reports the trades.

T Asset is a subsiduary of Halcyon Co. who acquired the rights to produce further "Terminator" film sequels in May. Using a script by "T3" writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris, they planned to relaunch the franchise with a big-budget sequel.

They now claim that MGM did not negotiate in good faith when the two parties sat down in June. MGM acquired first rights in the 1990s for an exclusive, 30-day negotiation for distribution rights to the films in the franchise.

MGM made an initial offer of $200 million in production and marketing commitments, but insisted on approvals of key cast, crew, script and budget which T Asset didn't like. MGM didn't like that T Asset kept the screenplay confidential and hadn't revealed who would direct and star in the film. As a result MGM suspended negotiations, awaiting a counterproposal.

Now, with the month-long window over, MGM is claiming the negotiating window remained open and that T Asset could not talk with other distributors. So T Asset are asking the court for a permanent injunction against MGM to allow them to take the project to other potential producers/distributors.

Ultimately this just means one thing - another delay. If dragged out, a 2009 release originally planned now seems unlikely.

 

["andy"]

apart of me hopes it never gets released...

 

[Tax Evader]

apart of me hopes it never gets released...

The 3rd was so bad it doesn't really matter what they do now. At least we have the 1st film to enjoy, and to a lesser degree (for me) the 2nd.

 

[glissando]

Using a script by "T3" writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris

>_<

 

[Augmented]

Is there any particular reason you insert seemingly random keyword links to darkhorizons.com into your posts, dafloppyone? Bear in mind that search engines are prevented from spidering these forums, so if you're doing it for SEO purposes it won't be of any benefit.

 

[5tephen]

Is there any particular reason you insert seemingly random keyword links to darkhorizons.com into your posts, dafloppyone? Bear in mind that search engines are prevented from spidering these forums, so if you're doing it for SEO purposes it won't be of any benefit.

Genius

 

[G-MAN2004]

Is there any particular reason you insert seemingly random keyword links to darkhorizons.com into your posts, dafloppyone? Bear in mind that search engines are prevented from spidering these forums, so if you're doing it for SEO purposes it won't be of any benefit.

Owned.

 

[james.miller]

Owned.

confused lol

 

[TheOtherOption]

Ditto, what exactly is is Augmented is referring to ?

 

[Cheetah Designs]

Ditto, what exactly is is Augmented is referring to ?

 

[Father Ted]

The Terminator franchise seems to be like the Terminator itself, it just won't die no matter what's done to try and destroy it.

 

[dafloppyone]

LOL busted!

not quitem, dark horizons is the site that im getting the info from, copying the text copies all the links aswell




click on any link in there and you will see that loads of key words are hotlinked

for instance

Cross-dressing British comedian Eddie Izzard has replaced "Entourage" star Jeremy Piven in the Weinstein Co.'s CG-animated monster movie "Igor" says The Hollywood Reporter.

Izzard's character delights in being the nemesis to Igor, a hunch-backed lab assistant in a world of evil scientists who plots to win the annual Evil Science Fair.

IDW will create serial comic adaptations of the film's story, plus prequels and sequels, followed by a full-color paperback collection of each miniseries.

The prequel series is tentatively set for May or June, followed by the film and sequel series, so the three collected sets can be published in book form in time for the film's October 2008 release.

John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon and Sean Hayes have already been cast.


The only people that have been "owned" are those that suspect another motive other than posting news

That's more than plenty.
Tolien

 

[5tephen]

not quitem, dark horizons is the site that im getting the info from, copying the text copies all the links aswell

No it doesn't. Unless you have a special program that somehow converts hyperlinks into UBB code when you copy and paste into a browser textbox. That would be impressive actually. *patents idea*

Is darkhorizons your site by any chance?

 

[Augmented]

I was genuinely curious, not trying to 'own' anyone. It's simply that some of your posts look really peculiar for a forum and have the classic signs of intentional search-engine optimisation/spamming. Just thought I'd save you the effort if you do work for an SEO firm, or are in one of those paid-to-digg schemes. Like this post of yours that contains a hidden link to an advertsing/affiliate clickthrough:

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you can maybe appreciate why I brought it up. Apologies for otherwise causing the thread to be derailed .

not quitem, dark horizons is the site that im getting the info from, copying the text copies all the links aswell

As 5tephen posted above, are you using a browser extension or something - copying to clipboard just grabs the plain text, it doesn't grab the HTML. And even if you did grab the HTML, you need to convert all the links to BBCode tags - so I'm not sure I understand how you're managing to do that without intentionally adding the links? And, besides, in the article you just copied and pasted, "film's" and "Jay Leno" aren't hyperlinked in the original text. Weird.

 

[5tephen]

And, besides, in the article you just copied and pasted, "film's" and "Jay Leno" aren't hyperlinked in the original text. Weird.

*awaits obligatory 'pwned' pic*

 

[233]

pwned

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I watched Terminator 1 today. Freaky!

They should just remake that with better SFX and I'd be happy

 

[LabR@t]

The 3rd was so bad it doesn't really matter what they do now. At least we have the 1st film to enjoy, and to a lesser degree (for me) the 2nd.

2nd was a awsome I might even prefer that to 1st

 

[sneakypenguin]

Didn't really watch T3 for the stroyline, keep getting sidetracked by the terminatrix