Today, Netflix released first-look images and announced the global premiere date for Terminator Zero, bringing the world of James Cameron’s 1980s sci-fi actioner to a new animated dimension. The eight-episode series drops August 29.
Produced by Skydance and animated Japan’s Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Jin-Roh, Psycho-Pass), the 2D project takes place in the Terminator universe, centering on new characters.
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.
Terminator Zero is headed by showrunner, executive producer and writer Mattson Tomlin (Project Power, The Batman II) and directed by Masashi Kudo (Bleach franchise, Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas films). Executive producers for Skydance are David Ellison, Dana Goldberg & Don Granger.
