“What did they learn from the Terminator universe?” : What is James Cameron’s role in the Netflix sci-fi series?

This Thursday, August 29, Netflix unveiled its highly anticipated animated series Terminator Zero. Coming from the famous Terminator film franchise, although not a direct sequel to the six films, this American-Japanese production offers a unique take on James Cameron’s sci-fi saga.

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The Canadian filmmaker directed only the first two parts of the saga. Other films were made without him, but with Arnold Schwarzenegger (except for the fourth opus, Terminator Renaissance, which was made during the mandate of the governor of California).

Despite all that, James Cameron has kept his franchise going, though no film has been able to live up to his first two features. This was especially true of the last installment, Terminator Dark Fate, a fiasco that led to its rejection by its director, Tim Miller (the first Deadpool).

“obvious curiosity”

In addition, James Cameron is a big fan of Japanese animation. The latter also fulfilled a long-held dream by producing the film Alita: Battle Angel (directed by Robert Rodriguez), a live-action adaptation of the cult manga. Gunnm. Although he has not worked on the Terminator Zero series, he is happy to find it as easy “fan” :

“It looks interesting. My take on this series is that it’s a lot like the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Other people are creating stories in a world that I’ve invented. Yeah, I’m interested.” He commented on the microphone The Hollywood Reporter. “What is their vision of this world, what they want to say, and where will they go?”

challenge a “Obvious curiosity, but not burning” With the idea of ​​discovering the series, James Cameron reveals during the same interview that he is working on other Terminator projects. And confirms that there will be no connection between the new versions developed by the filmmaker and the Netflix series, which he still wants. “Find Success”.

The Terminator Zero animated series is now available exclusively on Netflix.

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