For months now people have been curious to know what kind of plots would be involved in the new Terminator 4 film.  Over time there has been little information showing up hear and there.  This past weekend some more news has hit the net.  A couple of days ago, Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) is apparently in talks to join T4 as a young Kyle Reese, formally played by Michael Biehn. 

Cinemablend has posted a new story telling us that T4 and the 2 films that will follow, will center around the story and mythology of Kyle Reese and John Connor.

Today though we’ve gotten some detailed information from one of our most reliable scoopers on just how this whole Reese/Connor thing is going to work. She’s sent us spot on stuff before, but of course since we have to keep her identity anonymous consider everything here as just rumor. But our scooper confirms that Reese won’t be some bit player in the movie. Instead, he “will be the central character in the films.” Our source compares it to Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in the Star Wars prequels, saying “Just like the Star Wars prequels when it was the relationship between Anakin and Obi Wan that drove the three films, that's the concept for the new Terminator films when its between the relationship of Kyle and John, who is really father and son but with the moral dilemma with John knowing what has to be done in order for him to be born.”

With that there is also a possibility that T4 will have cross over story from The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Those movies by the way, our source says “will also address the terminators and their evolution including the terminators of the first three films.” And somewhat surprising, there may actually be direct connections between the movie and the recently aired Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series. Our source says, “they might connect the TV Series to the original three films as well but that depends if for one Fox decided to continue the series and if the people in charge want to have those plot lines cross over with this new trilogy.”

I think its very likely that TSCC will be renewed and if it is, it will been a large benefit in conjunction with T4.  Maybe that means we'll get lucky and see Summer Glau show up on screen.

I like that fact that both Connor and Reese will end up being a central story arc.  All though I'm not all keen on Anton Yelchin playing Reese, because I don't think his look is right for the part, having expansion on those two characters gives me hope that McG is trying to give us a good film.  I'm still however EXTREMELY skeptical. 

I have no doubt that more news and fun stuff will come out the next several months.  So lets see what happens.

-Phil