Ultra Secret Filming Ends For “Terminator”

Filming has just ended for Terminator: Genesis, or simply “Terminator”, today.  And the whole thing was top secret, almost to extremes.  People who had officially got on set were obliged to sign non disclosure agreements, the text of which ran into thousands of words.  Any site that presents info/pictures that have “escaped” swiftly get a cease and desist notice.

Question is — why all the (abnormal) secrecy?  It could be for a few reasons, I am thinking.  First possibility, negative word of mouth.  We put up a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger on our Facebook page last night.  The first question asked by someone was whether or not it was a joke.  Arnold looked old and haggard in it, it was no joke.  We took it down though.  Discretion being the better part of valour.  Are they afraid of how an OAP Terminator might appear without post-production tuning up?

Another reason could be the simple issue of spoilers.  But all movies have that problem so why are such resources being put on guard for this one?  There’s probably a key time travel/paradox setup being tantamount to the success of this reboot, at least in the eyes of the producers.  They want a trilogy out of it.

Could be a mixture of all of these things.  Maybe they have a specific look for Arnold’s grandpa Terminator, with a huge spoiler being kept under wraps.