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1.<\/a> Terminator Salvation<\/a><\/i> director McG says the ending of his film will be \u201cchallenging\u201d and \u201celliptical\u201d \u2014 and it will leave the door wide open for a couple more sequels<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s not a happy little bow of an ending at all. The ending is tough and requires reflection, and in some degrees it bifurcates the audience. You walk back to the car and one person thinks it means this, and the other person thinks it means that.\u201d \u2014 MTV Movies Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> The ratings for The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/i> went up a bit a few weeks before the season finale, but did not pick up on the night of the finale itself. Some insiders say the show is as good as cancelled, now, but there will be no official indication of that until Fox announces its fall schedule May 18. \u2014 Ace Showbiz<\/a>, Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, TV by the Numbers<\/a>, Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/i>, io9<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Thomas Dekker, who plays \u2014 or played? \u2014 John Connor on The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/i>, is in final negotiations to play a swim-team jock in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street<\/a><\/i>. \u2014 ShockTillYouDrop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit<\/a> between Terminator Salvation<\/i> producer Moritz Borman and his fellow producers Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"