At Comic-Con yesterday, Paramount debuted a new featurette forTerminator: Dark Fate. Rather than a total reboot,Dark Fateis described as a sequel toJames Cameron’s iconic 1991 follow-upTerminator 2: Judgment Dayand findsLinda Hamiltonreprising her role as Sarah Connor for the first time since that film.Arnold Schwarzeneggeris also back as the T-800, with a story that takes the franchise in a new direction with new leads played byMackenzie Davis(Halt and Catch Fire),Natalia Reyes(Birds of Passage),Gabriel Luna(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), andDiego Boneta(Rock of Ages). Luna plays the new Terminator, and the film’s tagline points towards a post-Judgment Day setting.
I’m kind of kicking myself, but I’m kind of excited forDark Fate. It’s not that I think Cameron or directorTim Millerare infallible as much as the tone feels right here. Granted, I think every sequel kind of diminishesJudgment Day(either you averted the apocalypse or you didn’t), but at least here you’ve got a good rhythm going, and bringing back Hamilton as Sarah Connor was a move so brilliant yet obvious that it’s kind of shocking that none of the other post-T2movies bothered to do it (the audio recordings inSalvationdon’t count). Fool me once and all, but I think I’m on board forDark Fate.
Check out the featurette and new images below.Terminator: Dark Fateopens November 1st.
Here’s the official synopsis forTerminator: Dark Fate:
Welcome to the day after Judgment Day. Producer James Cameron returns with director Tim Miller for Terminator: Dark Fate. In theatres 11.1.19.
Linda Hamilton (“Sarah Connor”) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (“T-800”) return in their iconic roles in Terminator: Dark Fate, directed by Tim Miller (Deadpool) and produced by visionary filmmaker James Cameron and David Ellison. Following the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator: Dark Fate also stars Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Diego Boneta.
