Netflix revealed on Monday a new teaser for Skydance Animation and Production I.G’s Terminator Zero anime series, along with new key art. The series stars Timothy Olyphant as Terminator, André Holland as Malcolm Lee, Rosario Dawson as Koroko, and Ann Dowd as The Prophet.
Mattson Tomlin, known for Project Power and The Batman II, is serving as the series’ showrunner, executive producer, and writer. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger are the executive producers. Masashi Kudo is directing the anime at Production I.G.
Netflix describes the series’ story as Follows:
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.
Cast:
Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer: Mattson Tomlin (Project Power, The Batman II)
Executive Producers: Skydance (David Ellison, Dana Goldberg & Don Granger)
Voice Cast: Timothy Olyphant (Terminator), André Holland (Malcolm Lee), Rosario Dawson (Eiko), Ann Dowd (The Prophet), Sonoya Mizuno (Kokoro)
Director: Masashi Kudo
Animation Studio: Production IG
Terminator Zero will premiere worldwide on Netflix on August 29.
