John Rosengrant, apprentice of Stan Winston and master of Endoskeletons from the previous Terminator films, confirmed to TheArnoldFans earlier that he and his company Legacy Effects will BE BACK for Terminator 5. That was a few weeks ago when he gave us that news but yesterday, Rosengrant participated in an Ask Me Anything chat at reddit.com. We were the first to jump in and ask a Terminator question. Although he's under contract to not divulge any information, he at least confirmed the current film title (although GENESIS might still be dropped) and he was happy to report that the script will not disappoint the fans!
"We're really proud to be working on Terminator: Genesis," says Rosengrant. "The script is great and will please true Terminator fans. I honestly can't go into any details on the film, or they will terminate me."
So far there is a great rumor going around (please let it be true), that the aged T-800, played by Arnold, will time-travel back to key scenes from T1 and T2! Here's a VERY SMALL spoiler if the reports are true; Several sites say that we'll see the young Arnold kill the punks from the first Terminator and then seconds later, we'll see the aged T-800 step in to this same scene. Okay, so this makes me wonder if the aged/present Arnold T-800 shows up NUDE in this scene too and also needs clothes. Seeing that these three punks are dead and two of them still have clothes, I'm thinking that he may take the clothes off of another punk...and guess what, the other big guy, played by Brian Thompson, has a trench coat! How badass would it be if instead of the usual leather, the Terminator is now in a punker trench coat looking how Kyle Reese looked in the first Terminator! The Terminator now looks like John Connor's father! Who knows, maybe he'll even remove a pair of sunglasses from Bill Paxton's coat pocket!
Here's a concept image I put together. Like I said, I have NO IDEA if this look is in the script, but I think it would be great to get away from Arnold in leather AGAIN. Not to mention, if the rumors are true, we'd still get to see a 30s and 40-year-old Arnold in leather from some classic T1 and T2 scenes.
I spoke with Brian Thompson (height 6' 3"), the punker in the trench coat, and he shared with me his favorite Schwarzenegger memory.
"Arnold standing before me - sculpted, naked, smoking a cigar without a care in the world, as if he was the best dressed person there... maybe he was."
I'm so excited to see the first image of Arnold on the set. The hype has me burning in the third degree...so says the song from Tech-Noir!
"Your site is awesome and Arnold should send you a big check for the great publicity!" – Brian Thompson