Christian Bale has signed on to star in the fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. He’ll play the role of John Connor, originated by Edward Furlong and then played by Nick Stahl. In the film, Connor, now in his 30s, tries to create a resistance organization with Earth’s remaining survivors to battle against the army of robots being created by Skynet. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who starred in the first three films, is not expected to appear in the new movie due to his current position as California Governor. Christian recently completed shooting The Dark Knight, his second Batman movie. Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins is scheduled for a 2009 release.