Judgement Day is coming for us next month. No, I don’t mean the literal end of the world, although things have been looking real apocalypse-ish for a minute now. I mean the arrival of Netflix’s Terminator Zero, an animated series that brings the infamous world that Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous back in the 1980s. The first teaser trailer for Terminator Zero takes us to an alternate 2022 as a scientist tries to change the fate of humanity.
The animation looks so, so good in this clip, so big kudos to Production IG and Skydance Television. It captures the essence of this world so well but somehow makes it even scarier. Here’s a quick synopsis of Terminator Zero to accompany its trailer:
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 has an all-star voice cast, including Sonoya Mizuno as the voice of “Eiko,” the resistance fighter sent back in time to stop Skynet’s impending attack on humanity, Timothy Olyphant as Terminator, André Holland as Malcolm Lee, Rosario Dawson as Koroko, and Ann Dowd as The Prophet.
What Is the Release Date for Netflix’s Terminator Zero?
Terminator Zero will drop all eight of its episodes when it premieres on Netflix on August 29.
