We’ve seen Blade Runner and Alien make something of a comeback recently, but is it now time for Terminator to do the same? And is its path back to sci-fi prominence as an anime series, rather than a live-action movie? We’re going to find out with Terminator Zero, which brings the war against Skynet to Netflix later this month.
Featuring the voices of Timothy Olyphant, André Holland, Rosario Dawson, Ann Dowd, and Sonoya Mizuno, Terminator Zero follows the familiar beats: A terminator and a soldier are sent back in time to 1997 to battle over the life of a human key to the future of Skynet. In this case it’s Malcolm Lee, designer of a special AI to compete against Skynet.
The series was created by Mattson Tomlin, known for co-writing Matt Reeves’ The Batman and the upcoming sequel.
Terminator Zero hits Netflix on August 29th.
SYNOPSIS: 2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children.
