Sam Worthington is Cast as Marcus in TERMINATOR SALVATION: The Future Begins
2/12/2008
Posted by Frosty
Variety is reporting that Sam Worthington has landed the part of Marcus in McG’s “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.” This is the first of three new "Terminator" movies.
According to Devin at CHUD:
"Marcus was put 'out of commission' before the nuclear holocaust on Judgment Day and he wakes up about 15 years before the future we see in the original Terminator films, which puts the movie at about 2015 or so. Marcus is a bad ass - think along the lines of Riddick - and what he finds is a blasted world filled with horror. Radiation poisoning, starvation, rampant jaywalking - all the things you expect post-apocalypse. There's also John Connor, who is trying to build a utopian society while running the human resistance."
But the most interesting part of this casting announcement is this last bit. According to Variety:
Sources said McG spoke on the phone recently with Cameron, who is in New Zealand working on "Avatar." It was during that chat that he recommended Worthington, who in "Avatar" plays a paraplegic war veteran from Earth who's brought to another planet inhabited by a race of humanoids at odds with Earth's inhabitants.
The reason this is big news is that Cameron wanted nothing to do with “T3.” If he’s actually talking to McG and offering helpful advice on casting, you have to wonder what else he might help out on…
No matter what, the big winner in all this is Sam Worthington. With “Avatar” scheduled for release in December of 2009, and “Terminator” also scheduled for release in 2009, this kid is about to be a superstar. And if Cameron’s endorsing him, he has to be the real deal.
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