Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation
International theatrical release poster
Directed by	McG
Produced by	Derek Anderson Moritz Borman Victor Kubicek Jeffrey Silver
Written by	John Brancato Michael Ferris Uncredited: Jonathan Nolan Paul Haggis
Based on	Characters by James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd
Starring	Christian Bale Sam Worthington Anton Yelchin Moon Bloodgood Bryce Dallas Howard Common Michael Ironside Helena Bonham Carter
Music by	Danny Elfman Themes by: Brad Fiedel
Cinematography	Shane Hurlbut
Edited by	Conrad Buff
Production company	The Halcyon Company Wonderland Sound and Vision
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (North America) Columbia Pictures (International)
Release date	May 21, 2009 (2009-05-21)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200 million
Box office	$371.4 million

Terminator Salvation is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic science fiction war film directed by McG and starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. It is the fourth installment of the Terminator franchise. In a departure from the previous installments, which were set between 1984 and 2003 and used time travel as a key plot element, Salvation is a post-apocalyptic film set in the year 2018, fifteen years after the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. It focuses on the war between Skynet's machine network and humanity; the remnants of the world's military have organized as the Resistance, fighting against Skynet's killing machines. Bale portrays John Connor, Resistance fighter and central character to the franchise, while Worthington portrays cyborg Marcus Wright. Terminator Salvation also featured Anton Yelchin as a young Kyle Reese, a character first introduced in The Terminator, and the film depicts the origin of the T-800 (Model 101) Terminator.

After a troubled pre-production, with The Halcyon Company acquiring the rights for the franchise from Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar and several writers working on the screenplay, filming began in May 2008 in New Mexico and ran for 77 days. Terminator Salvation was released on May 21, 2009 in the United States and Canada, followed by early June releases in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Warner Bros. handled the North American release while Columbia Pictures handled the international release. The film grossed over $371 million worldwide and met with mixed reviews. A reboot of the film franchise occurred with the release of Terminator Genisys in 2015.