Terminator Zero Teaser Reveals the Netflix Anime Series
Today, Netflix released the teaser trailer for Terminator Zero, which will premiere globally on the streaming service on “Judgment Day,” August 29, 2024.
The teaser trailer features the debut of Sonoya Mizuno (House of the Dragon) as the voice of Eiko, the resistance fighter sent back in time to stop Skynet’s impending attack on humanity.
The additional Terminator Zero voice cast includes Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet) as Terminator, André Holland (Moonlight) as Malcolm Lee, Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka) as Koroko, and Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale) as The Prophet.
Created and executive produced by Mattson Tomlin and executive produced by Skydance Animation and Production IG Studios, the eight-episode series will be part of the Terminator universe but will center around new characters.
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.
“I was looking at the franchise and the first two movies in particular,” Tomlin told Tudum. “And why are we still talking about this franchise 40 years later? You strip away killer robots, you strip away Judgment Day, what do you have left? You have stories about families.”
“Anyone who knows my writing knows I believe in taking big swings and going for the heart,” Tomlin said previously. “I’m honored that Netflix and Skydance have given me the opportunity to approach Terminator in a way that breaks conventions, subverts expectations, and has real guts.”
Watch the official teaser trailer here and scroll down to view the key art.
