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2004, a Schwarzenegger year in review!
Reported By: The ARNOLDFANS.com Staff
Sunday, January 2, 2005

First of all, TheArnoldFans.com would like to wish all it’s old and new visitors a happy and healthy 2005! Let’s hope this year Schwarzenegger will return in Tom Arnold’s new comedy and the big man himself will give the thumbs up to a cameo or a lead role in T4! Last year, 2004, was packed with Govinator news as well as other juicy Oak stories. Let us all look back at 2004!

JANUARY

Arnold:
Remember back to January of this year. The year started off bad. Larry and Andy Wachowski had dropped King Conan: Crown of Iron, the third movie featuring Robert E. Howard's barbarian hero. The Wachowski brothers were to have produced King Conan with John Milius onboard to write and direct it. But since Gov. Schwarzenegger is unavailable for the next couple of years - the two Matrix-brothers dropped the ball for King Conan.

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The ultimate behind-the-scenes "Arnold's Total Body Workout" interview with record producer Michael Case Kissel.

FEBRUARY

Arnold:
Pictures of Arnold’s cameo in “Around the World in 80 Days”. The Governor also helped Oprah celebrate the talk show host’s 50th b-day!

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Not only are the staff members of TheArnoldFans.com some of the biggest Schwarzenegger fans on the web, but we are probably some of the biggest collectors of Arnold and Terminator merchandise in the world! In honor of you Arnold Schwarzenegger collectors of Predator, Terminator and Conan, Governator, etc. merchandise, we dedicated this site to you by opening TheArnoldFans.com's "COLLECTORS" site where fans can proudly display their own collections.

MARCH

Arnold:
Schwarzenegger would be the chief editor of TWO fitness magazines! The Oak, featured in hundreds of muscle mags over decades will now be the chief editor for "Flex" and "Muscle and Fitness" magazine!

TheArnoldFans.com Exclusive:
Terminator producers Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar talk to us about T3 and give us the official tally on DVD sales, T3 deleted scenes and more!

APRIL

Arnold:
Arnold Schwarzenegger proved to be the last action hero in April of last year when he saved a man's life! A swimmer off the coast of Maui is alive because of the Terminator. "Access Hollywood" said Governor Arnold was in the water swimming toward his wife, Maria Shriver, when he passed by a man who was having trouble swimming and breathing. Schwarzenegger asked if he was OK and the man said "no." So the hero grabbed a boogie board and proved he is in great physical shape. While he was treading 20-foot deep water, he picked the man up, put him on the board and swam with him to shore. Schwarzenegger and his family were vacationing in Hawaii that week.

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Interview with Arnold’s head security guard Roger Bir! Roger gives us thrilling stories and exclusive images!

MAY

Arnold:
On May 16, 2004 Arnold Schwarzenegger presented director Jonathan Mostow with the Taurus Honorary Award for Action Director of the Year at the 4th Annual Taurus World Stunt Awards in Hollywood. An award which Mostow deserved for his stunning work on T3!

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Mark Famiglietti, male TX and Kate's fiancée from Terminator 3, recently told TheArnoldFans about his inspiration for playing the TX, casting and more!

JUNE

Arnold:
A month later there was more news to share. The Rock says he's starting to feel a little more open to the idea or teaming up with Arnold for T4. "You know what. I should never say never. And I'd love to do a movie with Arnold. If the writing's good and he agrees to be in it, I'll do it. In fact, before he became governor, I was thinking of things we could do together. One of them - and you can't rule this out because one day it might happen - was us playing cops, like the typical thing where you have the older cop who's getting out of the game and the younger cop who's really hip and cool. But I was going to be the bumbling idiot and he was going to be the cool one. You never know, maybe one day". And though he'd be open to do a "T4" alongside Arnie, he doesn't feel right carrying it himself. "Those movies are his. I'm not saying I'd turn them into stinkers, but they're his".

TheArnoldFans.com Exclusive:
Although camp Milius had not heard of WB’s intentions about King Conan, they told us plenty of other new exciting news. “Arnold called John about three or four months ago and ASKED JOHN TO WAIT for him,” said one source close to Milius.

JULY

Arnold:
In July, Arnold fans everywhere were celebrating July 30th with their favorite Schwarzenegger movie and a good pump! Arnold turned 57 that day and still remains the most ballsy man alive. We all raised our glass and honored the biggest celebrity success story. In only 57 years, Arnold has become the greatest bodybuilder in history, biggest action hero to date at the box office, married into the Kennedy family, fathered four children with Maria, bought miles of real estate property all over the globe, opened a successful restaurant and become Governor of California... just to name a few. Just image what he will accomplish in years to come!

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Exclusive interview with Conan’s Rexor a.k.a. BEN DAVIDSON and Exclusive tour of Arnold's hometown in Graz, Austria!

AUGUST

Arnold:
Governor Schwarzenegger Announces State Garage Sale! Schwarzenegger today announced that the State of California will be holding a "Garage Sale" in Sacramento Friday, August 27 through Saturday, August 28th, to liquidate surplus state materials. "Eliminating surplus property is just one way we can work together to cleanout the cobwebs of government," said Governor Schwarzenegger.

TheArnoldFans.com Exclusive:
Joe Gold bodybuilder memorial. Our second favorite bodybuilder, Ric Drasin, is back again with another TheArnoldFans exclusive. As we reported earlier, bodybuilding icon Joe Gold passed away on July 11th. In August, dozens of the world's greatest bodybuilders and pumped-up promoters crammed in one room for a touching memorial.

SEPTEMBER

Arnold:
Arnold: After a year in the development shop, "Terminator 4" was ready to be mobilized for a 2005 production start. "Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines" scribes John Brancato and Michael Ferris completed a rough draft of a script that was developed under the supervision of "T3" director Jonathan Mostow. C2 partners Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna are returning as producers.

TheArnoldFans.com Exclusive:
we began our full coverage on "Terminator 3: Redemption" for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. We also had an exclusive interview with Bradley James, who played Arnold in the VH1's Arnold mocumentary titled "Arnold Popumentary"!