The psuedo sequel/reboot of the Terminator franchise, Terminator: Genesis reportedly begins filming today in New Orleans after which production is reported to move to San Francisco, but what do we really know about the movie? Who are the cast and the crew? What is the premise of the movie? Don't worry, we here at Scified Terminator News have detailed files!
THE CAST
Terminator: Genesis' main cast (pictured above from left to right) consists of - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Jason Clarke as John Connor, Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke (no relation) as Sarah Connor, A Good Day To Die Hard's Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese and last but not least Arnold Schwarzenegger as an aged Terminator.
Terminator: Genesis' supporting cast (pictured above from left to right) consists of - The Hunger Games' Dayo Okeniyi as Danny Dyson (son of T2's Miles Bennet Dyson portrayed by Joe Morton), Mothman (2010) actor Matty Ferraro will play a character called Agent Janssen, and Spider-Man trilogy's J.K. Simmons will play an alcoholic detective obsessed with Sarah Connor. Cast members in unknown roles (pictured below from left to right) include - G.I. Joe: Retaliation's Byung-hun Lee, Underworld: Awakening's Sandrine Holt and Mad Men's Michael Gladis.
THE CREW
Current holder of the production rights to the Terminator Franchise Megan Ellison, whom has been instrumental in bringing together the cast and crew for Terminator: Genesis after many previous false starts to make the film happen (most notably with Fast and Furious director Justin Lin) will serve as one of the movies executive producers, but has withdrawn funding the film through her company Annapurna Pictures. Sibling David Ellison, of Skydance Productions will also act as one of the movies executive producers, but will fund one third of the movies budget with studio Paramount Pictures making up the other two thirds. Other executive producers include Bill Carraro, Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake.
Terminator: Genesis will be directed by Alan Taylor, best known for directing Thor: The Dark World and selected episodes of Game of Thrones. He will be working on a script that has been written by Pathfinder and Shutter Island screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis and Drive Angry and Dracula 2000 trilogy writer Patrick Lussier.
Other crew members include - John Rosengrant and his visual effects company Legacy Effects, whom will be responsible for bringing the Terminator endoskeletons back on to the big screen; Emmy award winning Lisa Love will head the movies special make up department, having just finished work on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Thor: The Dark World Cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau and Spider-Man trilogy Production Designer Neil Spisak will also lend their talents to the movies production, with Roger Barton (The Grey, Transformers: Age of Extinction) editing the movie. The movies score composer has yet to be announced.
THE STORY
Very little has actually been released about the movies plot. What is known is this...
The movie will be both a sequel and reboot of the Terminator franchise and the first instalment in a new trilogy, with events in Terminator: Genesis crossing over events from the first two instalments (1984's The Terminator and 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day), with an alleged alternate timeline being created after a (as of yet unknown) key event from one of the aforementioned movies, a la Back to the Future Part II and 2009's Star Trek.
Previous reports of a 1940's setting with Arnold playing a human were unfounded, yet fans hope of a true, future war conclusion have been squashed with news of this Star Trek 2009-esque reboot/sequel.
Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz, writers from The Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles have been hired by Annapurna Pictures and Skydance Productions to scribe a new TV series (unrelated to Sarah Connor Chronicles) that will follow the new continuity and expand the mythology of the proposed new movie trilogy.
What do you think? Will Terminator: Genesis prove hardcore fans wrong and breath new life into the franchise, or will the complexity of the proposed movie trilogy alienate casual movie goers? Should the Ellison siblings have listened to the fans demands for a future war conclusion, or will Terminator: Genesis delve deeper into the intricracies of the timeline and the franchises theme of fate and destiny?
