McG Tells Terminator Salvation Cast To Hit The Road

McG is talking the talk. Following recent statements saying he wants Terminater Salvation to resemble Batman Begins or even James Cameron’s Aliens, he’s now told fans that he has given the cast “The Road” to read.

“I gave all the actors ‘The Road’ to read to get their heads right bout this sort of existential detachment that living in a post apocalyptic world would bring,” McG revealed. “We’re in a very large post apocalyptic environment. The bombs have gone off and there’s very little left. People are wandering through lonely landscapes. We want to capture that by way of David Lean photographic expanses, so you think you’re looking at ‘Lawrence of Arabia.’ So far, so good.”

“The Road” is the story of a father and son traveling together some time after mankind was almost wiped out following a worldwide disaster. It paints a bleak picture of fear and despair and strangely enough, comes out itself as a movie later this year.

Hopefully this means Terminator Salvation will be a more serious affair than T3 and McG is making all the right noises.

“I think the first two pictures took those ideas so seriously, “We wanted to make sure we did that as well.” McG said of the themes of despair and dread.