According to Variety, Christian will be joining Mark Wahlberg in the Relativity Media project The Fighter, to be directed by David O. Russell. Production is expected to begin in July. Here's a story synopsis:
Pic tells the story of Boston fighter "Irish" Mickey Ward and how he was helped to the world lightweight championship by half-brother Dicky Eklund. Eklund once decked Sugar Ray Leonard and went the distance against the boxing legend before forfeiting his career to drugs and crime. He redeemed himself by training Ward through his Rocky-like run to the title.
Wahlberg will play Ward, a fighter who was losing bouts and was ready to hang up the gloves when his brother came back into his life. Bale will play Eklund, whose drugs and robbery spree drew him a 10- to 15-year sentence in state prison. There, he kicked drugs, became a model prisoner and emerged as a changed man who helped his brother reach the glory that eluded him
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After his 6-year-old daughter and her friend are kidnapped, a small-town carpenter butts heads with a young, brash detective in charge of the investigation. The father is a Bible-reading, deer-hunting survivalist. The cop, meanwhile, can’t wait to get to the city. Feeling failed by the law, the father captures the man he believes responsible and begins to torture him in a desperate attempt to find out what he did with the girls, whom he’s convinced are still alive.
Gaming site SitePole.com has a great preview of an early build of the video game based on the movie Terminator: Salvation. If you're into video games, you might want to check this out. Here's an excerpt:
The game opens with an assault on the Skynet command center, but it fails miserably; a never-before-seen enemy wipes out most of the attacking force, and your commanding officer gives the order to evacuate and retreat to downtown L.A. But just as the remnants of the army are lifting off, a radio transmission comes in: three soldiers are trapped behind enemy lines. Your practical leader doesn’t think they’re worth saving, that it’s a suicide mission, but Connor believes that every life is sacred — so you hop off the helicopter and make your way back towards Skynet HQ. You’re joined by Blair Williams, a main character from the film who is played by Moon Bloodgood (she, Common, and Rose McGowan lend their vocal talents to the game
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Sideshow Collectibles now has available the John Conner 12-inch action figure from Terminator: Salvation. Manufactured by Hot Toys, the figure is said to have the authentic likeness of Christian Bale. Price for the figure is $139.99. Other 12-inch figures in the series include the T-700 and two versions of the T-600 terminators.The John Connor 12 inch Figure features:
