Terminator Genisys is an upcoming 2015 American science fiction action
film directed by Alan Taylor and written by Laeta
Kalogridis and Patrick
Lussier. It is the
fifth theatrical film in the Terminator series and acts as both a sequel and reboot of the series.[2] Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his role as the titular character, along with newcomers Jason Clarke, Emilia
Clarke, Jai
Courtney, Matt Smith, Lee
Byung-hun and J.
K. Simmons. The film is
scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on July 1, 2015. In addition to opening
in regular theatres, it will also be shown in IMAX.
Premise
In 2029, John Connor, leader of the Resistance,
continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive,
John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when John is notified by his
army unit, Tech-Com, that Skynet will attack him from two fronts, past
and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
On the verge of winning the war against
Skynet, Connor sends his trusted lieutenant Kyle Reese back
through time to save his mother's life and ensure his own existence. However,
Kyle finds the original past changed. In this timeline, a Terminator was sent
back in time to kill Sarah Connor as a child and so the Resistance sent their
own cyborg back in time to protect her. After the assassin killed her parents,
the reprogrammed T-800 raised and trained her to face her destiny which she
adamantly tries to reject.
Now, faced with a new mission, Kyle,
Sarah and the old ally Terminator, have to escape the T-800 and the recent T-1000 sent
by Skynet to kill them, as well as a new and horrific enemy: Kyle and Sarah's
own future son, who has been converted into a nanotechnological human-cyborg
hybrid. With John Connor finally compromised by Skynet, they must find a way to
stop Judgment Day from ever happening; [4] while
at the same time trying to stop the sinister GENISYS program from going online.
Cast
·
Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator ("The Guardian", the old
T-800 body model)
·
Jason Clarke as John Connor[7]/cyborg-hybrid[8]
·
Bryant Prince as young Kyle Reese
·
Matt Smith in a currently secret role[10]
·
Lee Byung-hun[11] as
the T-1000
·
J. K. Simmons as Detective O'Brien[12]
·
Gregory Alan Williams as Detective Harding [13]
·
Courtney B. Vance as Miles Dyson
·
Dayo Okeniyi as Danny Dyson[14]
·
Michael Gladis as Lieutenant Matias[17]
·
Nolan Gross
·
Griff Furst as Burke[13]
Production
Development
While Terminator Salvation was initially intended to begin a new
trilogy, production of a fifth film was halted by legal trouble, as well as The Halcyon Company filing for bankruptcy protection under Chapter
11.[18][19][20] By
late September 2009, the rights to the franchise were once again up for sale as
The Halcyon Company tried to emerge from bankruptcy.[21] Late
the following month, Halcyon announced it would auction off the rights to
future Terminator material and was seeking $60 million
to $70 million, although the only offer was made by filmmaker Joss Whedon for
$10,000.[22] In
December 2009, Halcyon issued a statement saying that it was looking at various
options, including sale and refinancing of the rights, with an announcement on
the outcome no later than February 1, 2010.[23] On
February 8, 2010, an auction was held for the Terminator rights. After studios Sony Pictures and Lions Gate
Entertainment bid
separately, Pacificor, the hedge fund that pushed Halcyon into bankruptcy, made
a deal for $29.5 million.[24] In
May 2010, Pacificor hired an agency to sell off the rights to the franchise.[25]
By August 2010, a new Terminator film was being developed. It was not
to be a direct sequel to Salvation,
but rather a 3D animated reboot of the series, titled Terminator 3000and to be shot
by Hannover House. However, Pacificor had not
given any official license to Hannover House to develop a film.[26] In
February 2011, Universal Studios was considering a fifth Terminator film, with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning in the title role, Justin Lin directing,
and Chris Morgan as screenwriter.[27] Within
two months, aTerminator project
with Schwarzenegger, Lin and producer Robert W. Cort attached, but no screenwriter, was
circulating among studios including Universal, Sony, Lions Gate Entertainment, and CBS Films.[28]
By May 2011, Megan Ellison and her production company Annapurna Pictures had won the rights at auction to make
at least two more Terminator films, including Terminator 5.[29] On
December 4, 2012, the deal was finally closed, with possible merchandise to
include TV projects and video games. Ellison said she and her brother David Ellison were "starting from scratch as
they seek out a screenwriter to plot the end".[30] Now
titled Terminator: Genesis,[31] the
film was being produced by Megan Ellison, with David Ellison ofSkydance Productions.
The executive producers were Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake. Laeta Kalorgridis
and Patrick Lussier were commissioned to write the screenplay.[32]
Paramount Pictures was negotiating to distribute the film
with Laeta Kalogridis (screenwriter of Shutter Island)
and Patrick Lussier (screenwriter of Dracula 2000 and Drive Angry) writing the script. The film
was left without a director as Justin Lin, who was originally in discussions to
direct, chose to direct Fast & Furious 6 instead.[33] By
June 27, 2013, Paramount had pushed the film's release date back from June 26,
2015, to July 1, 2015.[34] By
September 2013, Alan Taylor was in talks to direct the film, after Rian Johnsonand Denis Villeneuve had been considered and after a deal
with Ang Lee could
not be reached.[35] By
January 2014, Annapurna was no longer funding the film and Megan Ellison,
instead, will serve as executive producer.[36]
During an interview, the director of the
first two Terminator films, James Cameron, admitted that he had been asked
to be involved in the film by Megan Ellison. Cameron later had held several
meetings with David Ellison, where they discussed Arnold Schwarzenegger's role
and how to stay true to the original T-800 character.[37] On
August 6, 2014, Schwarzenegger posted a picture on his Twitter account
of himself sitting in a production chair on set. The picture revealed the
correct spelling of the film's title Terminator
Genisys.[38]
Casting
On June 13, 2013, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would be back for his fourth
film as the Terminator/T-800.[39] By
early November 2013, Garrett Hedlund, Tom Hardy, Taylor Kitsch, and Nicholas Hoult were being tested for the role of Kyle
Reese.[40][41] By
the following month, Jason Clarke had entered talks to play John Connor.[42] In
November 2013, it was reported that Emilia Clarke, Tatiana Maslany, and Brie Larson were
the finalists for the role of Sarah Connor;[43] the
next month, Clarke was announced as having won the role.[44] In
February 2014, the studio was considering Jai Courtney and Boyd Holbrook for Reese, and planning for the
character to be in at least two films;[45] later
that month, it was confirmed that Courtney was cast.[46] On
March 13, 2014, it was reported that J. K. Simmons was in talks for a role as a weary and
alcoholic detective who has followed a bizarre case involving Sarah Connor and
robots for more than three decades.[12] On
March 25, 2014, Schwarzenegger revealed that he is indeed playing a Terminator
character, in which human tissue has aged.[47] On
March 28, 2014, it was announced that Dayo Okeniyi was
cast as Danny Dyson.[48] On
March 31, 2014, it was announced that Lee Byung-hun was cast in a lead role, also Michael Gladis and Sandrine Holt joined the cast.[49] On
May 2, 2014, Matt Smith joined the cast of the film in a major
role.[50] On
July 10, 2014, Douglas Smith joined the cast of the film.[16]
Filming
Principal photography began on April 21, 2014 in New Orleans, and ended on August 6, 2014 in San Francisco.[51][52][53] Legacy Effects, successor to Stan Winston Studio, created the Terminator robotic and make-up effects,
led by John Rosengrant who had worked on the previous four Terminator films. However, Jeff Dawn, who was the lead make-up artist on
the first three installments, did not return.[54][55] The
production made an effort to have the films cinematography match the visuals of
the first two Terminatorfilms;
sequences set in the year 1984 favoured colors and tones of blues, greens and
blacks in order to match the look of The Terminator, while scenes set during
the future war against the machines were modelled after such scenes from Terminator 2:
Judgment Day.[56]
Marketing
On December 2, 2014, Paramount released
the first motion poster for the film, showing a T-800 disintegrating into dust
before the logo appears. A trailer preview was released the following day,
showing brief clips that reveal various sequences, a pop-music soundtrack (a
break from past Terminator releases), somewhat forced-looking
camera motion in aerial effect sequences and a first look at the color-grading
used to invoke to look of past films. The full trailer debuted on December 4.[57]
WWE's WrestleMania 31 event on March 29, 2015 promoted the
film with an elaborate entrance stage for Triple H in
his match against Sting. The stage featured Triple H donning a
Terminator-style outfit and a video of Schwarzenegger telling fans that
"Judgment Day is here. It's time to play the game."[58]
Sequels
In September 2014, Paramount announced a
new trilogy with two sequels set for May 19, 2017 and June 29, 2018.[59][60] On
February 24, 2015, Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that he will be back for the
first sequel.[61]
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