McG Talks Terminator Salvation At The Comic Con

McG has been chatting at the Comic Con about how he aims to tie Terminator Salvation in with the original movies AND the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles of which series 1 is currently getting a second run before the new series starts in September.

McG is friends with Josh Friedman the guy running the TV show and says after a meeting early in the planning stages they had agreed to honor the storyline but admitted that the idea had been canned early on. McG explain:

“We just put most fairly, and Josh was the first to jump on and say so, we can’t chase their story threads, you know? We honor it. We’re all using the same language, but this is this and that is that, and I say that as a huge fan of the series. Where’s Jean? Jean and I talk about it all the time, she watches every minute of it and comes back and we report on it and do the whole thing. But at some point you’ve got to create some freedom and tell the story that you regard as most compelling.”

When Horror Movies asked him about the continuity with the original Terminator movies it was obvious he has a full understanding of the stories.

“We’ve done the best we can to honor the timelines that have been put into place and I think it ultimately feels very satisfying. If we’ve done our job properly, then this will be regarded as the statement of the time and the place and the where and the when and the why and the how. And it comes from a place of doing a lot of research with, you know, futurists, with scientists who talk about how long it would take the atmosphere to clear itself out so you could actually go back outside and do your thing.

We’re trying to just sort of amalgamate the three pictures and amalgamate the intention, and then answer that to the best of our ability. Again, there are certain things that are in stone. The T800 comes in 2029, you know. We’re building towards that place. Therefore, if hardware should show up in 2018 that was supposed to be around in 2029, that’s a problem for John Connor.”

So it seems Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will be ignored as far as any storylines the TV show develops but the original movies are to be fully respected. Just about what most fans were expecting then really.

McG went on to discuss the R rating Terminator Salvation will be receiving and says although not afraid of a PG13 rating, the R rating gives him the freedom to make Terminator Salvation just how he wants.

You can read the full interview over at Horror Movies by clicking here.