Scottish singer Shirley Manson from the band Garbage is coming to Terminator. She’s playing “Catherine Weaver,” the CEO of a “cutting-edge high-tech company” (read into that what you will…)
Does this mean we’re getting the musical episode (ala Buffy) that we’ve been secretly hoping for?
At least according to Ask Ausiello:
The show is hunting for a couple of new regulars: Becky, a hot teenaged hipster, and Catherine, an unusually earthy business bigwig in her early forties. Which leads me to believe that young John is about to get a girlfriend. Because of the new teenager, I mean, not the 40-year-old female Bill Gates. Although, now that I mention it, he does have some mother issues.
UPDATE: Since Fox hasn’t officially announced this, we merely linked to the rumors…
IGN TV: With Joss Whedon coming to FOX with Dollhouse, is there a little part of you that thinks he’s coming to take Summer Glau back?
Josh Friedman, EP of Terminator: (laughs) Yes! I will say that some of my more uncomfortable moments as executive producer of this show involve me, Joss Whedon, and Summer Glau at Comic-Con standing together. I felt like I’d gotten into the middle of a very intense relationship that I shouldn’t be a part of. So I just had to walk away.
And referring to the other guys with new potential shows at Fox (Whedon, JJ Abrams, Ron Moore, Shawn Ryan):
Josh Friedman: Those guys, certainly more than I do, have a brand that brings with it a group of fans. I only hope that a year from now we will all be grouped together on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. Though I’ll be the guy in the back bringing coffee. “Not Pictured: Josh Friedman.”
Executive Producer Josh Friedman subjected himself to a conference call with bloggers. Here’s what they uncovered about the second season of Terminator:
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Josh: “As everyone’s wondering, we are getting rid of Summer Glau… No, I’m kidding. If anyone was worrying that we blew her up in the end and she’s not coming back, I’ll reassure you that she is coming back, eventually, in full force.”
THE DEADBOLT: Will there be technical changes done to Cameron when she returns from the car bombing?
JOSH FRIEDMAN: [laughs] She’ll still be pretty.
THE DEADBOLT: So does that mean she’ll still be the same, physically?
JOSH FRIEDMAN: Eventually.
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When I asked Josh about the mystery surrounding the high school student’s suicide, he said that at least in the short-term, the story will not be re-addressed. And that while he was a fan of the story himself, most of it ended up on the cutting room floor due to episodic time constraints.
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Josh: “I’m hoping to revisit the future-war. I love the future-war. I had plans, last year, to do a number of future-war episodes. They’re the most expensive episodes we do, and they’re the most time-consuming and the hard part is the CGI. I’m hoping for more. I love the future.”
We already picked up “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” for next season. They will make 13 more episodes and we hope there will be more.
Last season ended with Cameron getting blown up. We still don’t know what’s going on with this guy Derek, but since Brian Austin Green is coming on as a series regular in Season 2 we will probably learn a lot more.