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The Guardian.co.uk has posted two virtually identical articles regarding the upcoming TERMINATOR 4: “Halcyon Days Ahead as Bale Signs for Terminator Trilogy” and “He’ll Be Back, Several Times – Possibly.” The articles are based on comments made by producers Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson while at the Cannes festival plugging the film, which went into production a few weeks ago. Despite the title of the second article, nothing in either pieces gives any solid indication that Arnold Schwarzenegger – now governor of California – is likely to return in what is designed as the beginning of a new film trilogy; however, the producers’ comments are just vague enough to leave open that possibility, thus spurring rumors and generating free publicity:

But are the rumours true that Arnold Schwarzenegger will return, even briefly, to his “I’ll be back” role?

“Unfortunately that’s something we can’t tell you,” said producer Victor Kubicek. Does that mean he could be? “I can’t tell you that either. Sorry. I really can’t tell you.”

Derek Anderson, co-producer of the trilogy, added: “At the moment we’re keeping everything under lock and key. We want the fans to be really excited and surprised.”

So the surprise is he will be back? Silence.

The real meat of the article regards the duo’s decision to revive the  TERMINATOR franchise:

“We were both big Terminator fans which is why we acquired the franchise. We’re approaching it as real fans – what would make us really happy to see in the next Terminator movie?” said Anderson.

“It’s about it being fresh, exciting and have all the action and intensity everyone expects from a Terminator film with real heart and soul.” The first movie, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, is due to be released this time next year complete with online and offline games.

“If you think of where Terminator 3 left off, there’s still a lot of potential story to be told,” said Anderson. “This film is all set in the future and a lot of the real fans want to know what happens. Being huge fans, we wanted to know the rest of the story.”