Los Angeles, July 15: US movie icon and would-be politician Arnold Schwarzenegger looks poised to sign up for a new screen role even as he mulls whether to run for office as governor of California, reports said. Daily variety said the "Terminator" star, who is currently promoting his latest action blockbuster "Terminator 3: The Rise Of The Machines," was in talks to star in a family comedy dubbed "Big Sir." The movie, to be produced by new line cinema, tells the story of a soon-to-be stepfather who is forced to travel cross-country with his future stepchildren while being pursued by unsavoury characters from his past. The movie marks the second in which the former Mr universe bodybuilder has been lined up to star since frantic speculation erupted over whether he would challenge embattled California Governor Gray Davis for his job.
Schwarzenegger's political adviser, George Gorton, said last week the actor would not make any public decision over his political ambitions until July 20 at the earliest, the global release date of the "Terminator" film.


But even as political pundits anxiously wait for him to show his hand, the Austrian-born star is clearly not yet ready to give up his day job.

He is also signed to star in a remake of the 1973 movie "Westworld," due to be released late this year or early 2004, in which he will play a robotic western gunman programmed to be the target for gunslinging adventure tourists, but whose wiring goes disastrously awry.

Bureau Report