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The Terminator series is a
franchise encompassing a series of science fiction films and ancillary
media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent
machine network, and John Connor's Tech-Com forces and the rest of the
human race. Skynet's most well-known products in its genocidal goals
are the various terminator models, such as the original "Terminator"
character, portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in three films.
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The Terminator
The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by
James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and
Michael Biehn. It is the first work in the Terminator franchise. In
the film, machines take over the world in the near future, directed by
the artificially intelligent computer Skynet. With its sole mission to
completely annihilate humanity, it develops cyborg assassins called
Terminators that look exactly like humans. A man named John Connor
starts the Tech-Com resistance to defeat them and free humanity. With
a human victory imminent, the machines' only choice is to send a
terminator back in time to kill John's mother, Sarah, before he is
born, preventing the resistance from ever being founded. With the fate
of humanity at stake, John sends soldier Kyle Reese back to protect
his mother and ensure his own existence.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the 1991 sequel to the original
Terminator film, written, directed, and produced by James Cameron and
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and
Robert Patrick. After the machines failed to prevent John Connor from
being born, they try again, this time attempting to kill him as a
child with a more advanced terminator, the T-1000. As before, John
sends back a protector for his younger self, a reprogrammed
Terminator, identical to the one from the previous film. After ten
years of preparing for the future war, Sarah decides to use the same
tactics the machines used on her: prevent Skynet from being invented
by destroying Cyberdyne Systems before they create it.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the 2003 sequel to Terminator 2,
directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick
Stahl, Claire Danes, and Kristanna Loken. As a result of the
destruction of Cyberdyne at the end of T2, the Skynet takeover has
been postponed, not averted. In a last attempt to ensure a machine
victory, a new terminator, the T-X, is sent back to kill as many
lieutenants as possible, including John Connor and his future wife
Kate. After the future Connor is terminated by an identical model to
his previous protector, Kate reprograms it and sends it back to save
them both from the T-X.
Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation is the upcoming fourth installment to the
Terminator film series, scheduled to be released on May 22, 2009. It
is written by David Campbell Wilson, John Brancato, and Michael
Ferris, directed by Joseph "McG" McGinty Nichol, and stars actor
Christian Bale as John Connor. Anton Yelchin is playing a young Kyle
Reese, who befriends Marcus, an early Terminator.Sam Worthington is
playing Marcus; he was personally recommended to McG by Terminator
creator James Cameron.Josh Brolin and Mariusz Pudzianowski have been
mentioned in a possible role as the Terminator.Moon Bloodgood is
playing the female lead of the film, Blair Williams. She will play "a
no-nonsense and battle-hardened member of the resistance".Shooting of
the film began on May 5, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stan Winston
was to have supervised the visual effects.
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Planned sequels
Director Joseph "McG" McGinty Nichol has announced that Terminator
Salvation is the first of a new trilogy to revive the franchise, with
both main actor Christian Bale and writer Jonathan Nolan signed up for
two more films.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
A television series titled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
airs on the FOX network, with Lena Headey as Sarah Connor and Thomas
Dekker as John Connor. The series, created by Josh Friedman, centers
on Sarah and John after Terminator 2 as they try to "live under the
radar" after the explosion at Cyberdyne. Summer Glau plays a female
Terminator protecting the Connors. Executive producer James Middleton
confirmed in Variety that the series will contain a link to Terminator
4.However, McG later clarified in an interview that show creator Josh
Friedman "was the first to jump on and say we can't chase their story
threads.
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