Common has joined the cast of the new
Terminator movie.The rapper will star alongside
Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin and
Moon Bloodgood in the fourth instalment in the franchise, reports Variety.
He will play one of John Connor's inner circle of freedom fighters battling the artificial intelligence system SkyNet.
The
Warner Bros production is scheduled for a May 22, 2009 release.
Common was slated to play the Green Lantern in the
Justice League of America film, but it was recently rumoured to have been scrapped.
I wrote about Common being in Terminator 4 over at Highbrid Nation and I was interested in seeing what others had to say on the matter. All I have to say is that Common must have a heck of an agent because he’s constantly getting good roles though he doesn’t appear to be that great of an actor. I’ve also already convinced myself that T4 will be a very different beast than the Terminator movies I grew up on. They are including rappers in the cast and have anounced PG-13 rating. Even as a hip hop blogger I have to say “no thanks”. Give me the blood and gore and keep the kiddies out.