'Terminator Zero': Voice cast, plot, release date—Everything to know
The Terminator franchise is set to make a comeback with the new anime series, Terminator Zero. This marks the first on-screen appearance of the franchise in five years, following 2019's Terminator: Dark Fate. The last TV series in this universe was 2008's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, while other projects in the franchise are The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation, and Terminator Genisys. Here's everything to know about Terminator Zero.
Release date and Netflix's growing catalog of anime shows
Terminator Zero is set to premiere on Thursday, August 29, 2024. All episodes of the series will be available for streaming on the same day. The series will be exclusively available on Netflix, adding to the platform's growing roster of animated content, which already includes shows like Demon Slayer, My Hero Academia, Lookism, and Black Clover, among numerous others.
Synopsis and setting of 'Terminator Zero'
The series is set in the year 1997, when Skynet, a self-aware AI, begins its war against humanity. A soldier from the future travels back in time to protect an AI scientist named Malcolm Lee. Lee is developing a new AI system to counter Skynet's impending attack. As he grapples with the ethical implications of his creation, he is pursued by a relentless assassin from the future. This pursuit significantly impacts the destiny of his three children.
'Terminator Zero' trailer and cast
The trailer for Terminator Zero provides a glimpse into the first-ever anime series in the Terminator universe. It showcases a new variant of the infamous T-800, which is now hunting humanity's latest hero, Eiko. "Humanity still has a fighting chance," the clip tells us. The series features a star-studded cast, including Timothy Olyphant as the new T-800, Sonoya Mizuno, Rosario Dawson, Ann Dowd, and André Holland. Masashi Kudo has directed it.
Watch out for the opening action sequence
Speaking about the show's opening sequence, showrunner Mattson Tomlin told Screen Rant, "It is just a six-minute, flat-out action sequence, visual storytelling and complex things happen in there." "Complex things to describe on the page of hooking yourself into a harness, and then falling off of this rafter, and then swinging around in a circle, and then running on the wall, and then triggering a bomb, and then swinging, and then somebody's climbing on you."
