Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins is an upcoming science fiction action film set for release on May 22, 2009. Directe by McG, it is the fourth film in the Terminator franchise and stars Christian Bale as John Connor, Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese, and Sam Worthington as the new character Marcus Wright. The film is set in 2018, focusing on the war between humanity and Skynet. It abandons the formula of the series (Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Model 101 Terminator time traveling to the present to protect or kill someone of future importance), and the film could be rated PG-13, unlike the other films. Filming began on May 5, 2008.