Today, Netflix released the first images from Terminator Zero, which will premiere globally on the streaming service on August 29, 2024. The anime hails from Japanese animation studio Production IG (Ghost in the Shell).
The eight-episode series will be part of the Terminator universe but will center around new characters. It will be the first-ever iteration of the franchise to be animated.
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 humanity’s fate. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee, who is working 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, who forever alters the fate of his three children.
Mattson Tomlin (Project Power, The Batman II) is the showrunner, executive producer, and writer of Terminator Zero. Masashi Kudo also directs, and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger are the executive producers for Skydance.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.