The first trailer for Terminator Zero is here, offering a thrilling preview of the events that will unfold when the anime series hits Netflix.
The teaser gives a sneak peek of the next chapter in the Terminator franchise. It centers around Malcolm Lee, a scientist developing an AI that competes with Skynet. An unrelenting cyborg assassin from the future hunts him down, but one person stands between them: Eiko, a resistance fighter on a mission to protect.
"This isn't what you think it is," she warns in the trailer. "You can't see it yet, but you've been on a collision course your entire life. There is no going back. Not really. It will never, ever stop."
Terminator Zero, an all-new anime series, premieres this Judgment Day — August 29.
— Netflix (@netflix) July 15, 2024
Starring Timothy Olyphant, Rosario Dawson, Sonoya Mizuno, André Holland & Ann Dowd. From Skydance, Production I.G, Masashi Kudō and Mattson Tomlin. pic.twitter.com/ScQpkVhSiB
Sonoya Mizuno voices Eiko, the narrator of the trailer. Additional voice cast includes André Holland as Malcolm Lee and Timothy Olyphant as the Terminator. Rosario Dawson voices Koroko, the AI previously glimpsed in a set of first-look images, and Ann Dowd is The Prophet, the human resistance's wise philosophical guide.
The story takes place in the future and the past, with the action jumping between 2022, where, per the synopsis, a future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines, and 1997, where the AI known as Skynet has gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity.
The poster for Terminator Zero teases the fiery battle that lies ahead between humanity and machines, spanning across the last decades of the 20th century and the first decades of the 21st.
Created and executive-produced by Mattson Tomlin and animated by Production I.G, Terminator Zero is the latest entry in the blockbuster Terminator franchise but is the first iteration to be animated. The time-travelling tale comprises eight episodes, which will premiere on Netflix on August 29, aka "Judgement Day."
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