David Tennant’s attempts to go from Doctor Who to being a star in the US didn’t quite go to plan, despite a lot of movie interest and a few failed TV pilots. However Matt Smith seems to be doing pretty well with a role in Ryan Gosling’s upcoming directorial debut, Lost River, and now Deadline reports that he’s scored a major part in Terminator: Genesis.
There’s no news on exactly who he will be, although he will play a brand new character with a strong connection to John Connor. He’ll star alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi and Byung-hun Lee.
There are few details on the exact plot, although it’s known there will be a lot of time-travelling involved and that this is designed as the first part of a stand alone trilogy.
The film recently started shooting with Alan Taylor directing from a screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier.
Tennant doesn’t seem to have planned to be any kind of American TV star. He has done very well for himself on British stage and TV since leaving Doctor Who, and is often voted as the most popular Doctor by fans. I wish Smith much success, but he has a ways to go before he can match Tennant’s CV/resume.
Yeah, what failed pilots was Tennant in? I am only aware of one and Gracepoint is on the fall schedule…