Wheeeewwww.... Alrighty folks... Harry here. Maaaaaannnnn, if the 'frontrunner' is Christian Duguay... and if Arnold is desperately pursuing him to direct T3... and Duguay is like brushing the film off as not being worth HIS time (this is the guy that did the JOAN OF ARC tv thing and THE ART OF WAR)... well... Boy I'm excited... woo hoo... That script has got to be some sort of work of genius to not get... not only an A-list director... but guys without a strong film under their belt to PASS or be DISINTERESTED in it. UGH... Arnie... just... don't make the film. Hold off... wait for Milius and King COnan.... wait for Russell and Darabont for DOC SAVAGE... Attach someone to WITH WINGS AS EAGLES, defer your salary to the backend and get it made. Don't make a movie to just go through the motions... This feels like one of those... "my last several movies haven't done that well so I'll just go back to the nest and shit out the same ol egg." Move along...

It looks like the front runner for the director of T3 is Montreal filmmaker Christian Duguay, best known for his work on TV's "Joan of Arc" and the upcoming Wesley Snipes vehicle, "Art of War".

This news comes from a local Montreal newspaper which sat down with the 43 year old director for a little Q and A last week. Apparently, this is the guy Shwarzenegger wants, and with Cameron out of the picture, Shwarzenegger seems to be the one calling the shots. The two were supposed to work together a few years ago on "Pathfinder", a big-budget Paramount thriller that was set to be made in the filmmaker's home city. That project fell through but Shwarzenegger hasn`t let go the idea of working with Duguay. However, Duguay isn`t quite taken by the idea of "Terminator 3", claiming that he won't commit to anything until he sees the finished script. On top of that, it has been reported that he is looking at 14 other offers, including a comedy starring Antonio Banderas and a 50 million dollar MGM prison break film called "The Extractors".

This may sound like sour news to us film geeks who would love to see someone like Ridley Scott take over the series, but it looks as though we might have to settle for Christian Duguay. If anything, this news has made me a lot more curious about "Art of War".

Mr. Lynch