Great teaser trailer for Netflix’s anime series TERMINATOR ZERO — GeekTyrant

Netflix has released a fantastic first teaser trailer for its upcoming anime series Terminator Zerothat explores the Terminator series in a whole new way, and it looks fantastic!

The series will serve as a soft reboot of the franchise and will take place directly after Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

The description of the series reads: “2022: For decades, a future war has raged 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.

“Trapped between the future and the past sits a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee, who is working to develop a new AI system to counter Skynet’s impending attack on humanity.

“As Malcolm grapples with the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by a relentless assassin from the future, forever changing the fate of his three children.”

The creator and showrunner of the series is Mattson Tomlin (Project Power, The Batman II), and he’s previously said that the series will have the same kind of sci-fi horror vibe as the original film, and you can definitely see that in this first trailer.

He said: “There’s a completely valid version of the Terminator franchise where the Terminator is synonymous with Jason and Freddy, where he’s this relentless serial killer. There’s a little bit of Friday the 13th in here. There’s a little bit of Michael Myers in here.”

Tomlin also said the film would convey the “serial killer” atmosphere of the original 1984 film.

The series stars Timothy Olyphant as Terminator, Rosario Dawson as Kokoro, “an advanced AI and Japan’s answer to Skynet. When Kokoro goes online, it will have the same power as Skynet.”

Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale, DIMENSIONS) has also joined the cast and will play the Prophet, “the philosophical leader of human resistance, a light that guides survivors through the darkness of the unknown future.”

Other new cast members include Andre Holland (Moonlight, The Knick) as Malcolm Lee, “a brilliant computer programmer and father of three who is haunted by prophetic nightmares of an apocalyptic future.”

And then there’s Mizuno-Sonoya (House of the Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians), who will voice Eiko, “a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop Malcolm from blowing up Kokoro.”

The series is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on August 29th.