| T3 Pay Could Be Big
Arnold Schwarzenegger could make a precedent-setting $30 million to star in the upcoming sequel film Terminator 3, Variety columnist Michael Fleming reported. The sequel, financed by Intermedia, is set to begin production in April. T3 takes place 10 years after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, with a 20-something John Conner and Schwarzenegger's T-800 battling a female Terminatrix whose powers and morphing abilities go beyond anything seen before, Fleming reported. John Brancato and Michael Ferris wrote the script with director Jonathan Mostow, and the three spent eight months sharpening it, Fleming reported.
Sources close to the production denied to Fleming the $30 million salary precedent, but other sources told the columnist that Schwarzenegger's sequel pay will slightly exceed the $25 million he made five years ago on Batman and Robin. Mostow will be paid upward of $5 million, Fleming reported.
Several studios, meanwhile, are bidding for domestic rights to distribute the film, including Paramount, Disney, Universal and possibly DreamWorks, the trade paper reported. |