Sony Pictures Releasing International Unveils Its First Major Feature Film Online...

Sony Pictures Releasing International Unveils Its First Major Feature Film
Online Twitter Game for 'Terminator Salvation'

CULVER CITY, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In anticipation of the worldwide
release of the motion picture Terminator Salvation, Twitter users will have
the chance to join the human resistance against the machines in Sony Pictures
Releasing International's first-ever game created for the social networking
platform, it was announced today by Sal Ladestro, executive vice president of
marketing, Sony Pictures Releasing International. Users can follow tweets from
the resistance at www.Twitter.com/Resistance2018.

In the Terminator Salvation Twitter game, members of the human resistance
communicate with each other through Twitter and turn to the community for help
in decoding intercepted Skynet transmissions. Players earn points through
timely assistance in decoding these messages and, with these points, rise in
rank within the Resistance Army. Players must constantly be on guard against
the machines, which periodically and randomly choose a number of players and
penalize them a percentage of their points. A companion blog augments the
information within Twitter and hosts a leader board for the game.

Sal Ladestro, Executive Vice President of Marketing, for Sony Pictures
Releasing International (SPRI) commented, "Twitter users can join John Connor
in the war against the machines by following the tweets at Resistance 2018.
In the fight against Skynet and the Terminators, mass communication is vital,
so it's no surprise that the resistance would turn to Twitter. We think this
is the perfect environment for the Terminator game as it allows users to
interact with the movie, their friends and other game players
instantaneously."

A worldwide phenomenon, Twitter's micro-blogging social networking site has
been expanding exponentially across the globe in recent months. Between
February 2008 and February 2009, new accounts on Twitter were up 1,841%, with
an 87% increase between January 2009 and February 2009 alone. More than 90%
of Twitter users choose to make their updates public.

Terminator Salvation is set in post-apocalyptic 2018, where John Connor
(Christian Bale) is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet
and its army of Terminators. But the future that Connor was raised to believe
in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a
stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide
whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As
Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an
odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they
uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

The highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator film franchise,
Terminator Salvation is directed by McG (Charlie's Angels, We Are Marshall).
The screenplay is by Michael Ferris & John Brancato. Moritz Borman, Derek
Anderson, Victor Kubicek and Jeffrey Silver are the producers, with Jeanne
Allgood, Dan Lin, Mario F. Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna and Joel B. Michaels
serving as executive producers.

The film stars Christian Bale (The Dark Knight) as John Connor, Sam
Worthington (The Great Raid) as Marcus Wright, Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) as
Kyle Reese, Bryce Dallas Howard (Spider-Man 3) as Kate Connor, Moon Bloodgood
(What Just Happened?) as Blair Williams, Common (Wanted) as Barnes, Jane
Alexander (The Unborn) as Virginia, Jadagrace as Star, and Helena Bonham
Carter (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) as Serena Kogen

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes cinematographer Shane Hurlbut (We
Are Marshall), production designer Martin Laing (Pearl Harbor), editor Conrad
Buff (Shooter), costume designer Michael Wilkinson (Watchmen), visual effects
supervisor Charlie Gibson (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), and
animatronics supervisor John Rosengrant, formerly of Stan Winston Studios.
The music is by Danny Elfman (Milk, Hellboy II: The Golden Army).

Terminator Salvation will be released in the U.S. on May 21, 2009 by Warner
Bros. Pictures. Sony Pictures Releasing International is distributing the film
in most international territories between May 27, 2009 and June 13, 2009.

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of
America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global
operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television
production and distribution, worldwide channel investments, home video
acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of
new entertainment products, services and technologies, and distribution of
filmed entertainment in 130 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be
found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sonypictures.com.

www.TerminatorSalvation-Movie.net

Credits listed are not final.

For more information, please contact:

Pamela Godwin-Austen at Sony Pictures Releasing International

310-244-7258

SOURCE Sony Pictures Releasing International

Pamela Godwin-Austen of Sony Pictures Releasing International,
+1-310-244-7258