Merrick here...


We've known for a while now that Warner Bros. would be releasing TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS here in the States, but until now we've heard nothing about the project's distribution across the rest of the world.

Per Variety, the film has been set for a May 22, 2009 release in the U.S. This will open it against NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM II.

Now comes word that McGINATOR will be released overseas by Sony.

The deal inked with the film's producers, Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson of the Halcyon Co., hands Sony's worldwide acquisitions group arm all foreign distribution rights except for Korea and some Middle East countries. There are no plans to sell off any of those foreign rights to third-party distributors, a SPWAG spokesman said.

...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.

It's late and I'm tired, so maybe I'm missing something. Is this implying the film won't be seen in Korea and parts of the Middle East?