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Premise[edit]

The central theme of the franchise is the battle for survival between the human race and the self-aware artificial intelligence that is Skynet. Skynet is positioned in the first film as a U.S. strategic defense computer system by Cyberdyne Systems which becomes self-aware and, on perceiving all humans as a threat, seeks to wipe out humanity itself. It initiates a nuclear first strike against Russia, ensuring a devastating counter strike and anuclear holocaust, wiping out much of humanity instantly. In the post-apocalyptic aftermath, Skynet builds up its own autonomous machine-based military capability, which includes the Terminators used against individual human targets, and proceeds to fight a war against the surviving elements of humanity, some of whom have organized militarily into the Resistance. At some point in this future, Skynet develops the ability of time travel, and both it and the Resistance seek to use it to win the war by preventing or forestalling their present timeline.

Judgment Day[edit]

In the franchise, Judgment Day (a reference to the biblical Day of Judgment) is referred to as the date on which Skynet becomes self-aware, decides to exterminate mankind, and launches the attack on Russia. Due to the element of time travel and the consequent ability to change the future, several dates are given for Judgment Day during the franchise. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Sarah states that Judgment Day will occur on August 29, 1997. However, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines shows that the Judgment Day holocaust has been postponed to July 25, 2004. InTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Judgment Day was delayed to April 21, 2011, due to the attack on Cyberdyne Systems in T2.
The passing of the final date for Judgment Day on April 21, 2011, prompted BBC News to pose the question, "How close were the Terminator films to the reality of 2011?", comparing how far present day technology and society had developed compared to the predictions of the franchise.[1]

Films[edit]

The Terminator[edit]

Main article: The Terminator
The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction film released by Orion Pictures, co-written and directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. It is the first work in the Terminator franchise. In the film, machines take over the world in the near future, directed by the artificial intelligence Skynet. With its sole mission to completely annihilate humanity, it develops cyborg assassins called Terminators that outwardly appear human. A man named John Connor starts the Tech-Com resistance to defeat them and free humanity. With a human victory imminent, the machines' only choice is to send a Terminator back in time to kill John's mother, Sarah Connor, before he is born, preventing the resistance from ever being founded. With the fate of humanity at stake, John sends soldier Kyle Reese back to protect his mother and ensure his own existence.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day[edit]

Main article: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the 1991 sequel to the original Terminator film released by TriStar Pictures. It is co-written, directed, and produced by James Cameron and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong and Robert Patrick. After the machines failed to prevent John Connor from being born, they try again in 1995, this time attempting to kill him as a child with a more advanced terminator, the T-1000. As before, John sends back a protector for his younger self, a reprogrammed Terminator, identical to the one from the previous film. After eleven years of preparing for the future war, Sarah decides to use the same tactics the machines used on her: prevent Skynet from being invented by destroying Cyberdyne Systems before they create it.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines[edit]

Main article: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the 2003 sequel to Terminator 2 released by Warner Bros. domestically and Columbia Pictures internationally, directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken. As a result of the destruction of Cyberdyne at the end of T2, the Skynet takeover has been postponed, not averted. In a last attempt to ensure a victory by the machines, a new terminator, the T-X, is sent back to kill as many of John Connor's future lieutenants as possible, including John Connor and his future wifeKate Brewster. After the future Connor is terminated by a version of his previous protector, Kate reprograms it and sends it back to save them both from the T-X.

Terminator Salvation[edit]

Main article: Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation is the fourth installment of the Terminator film series, made by The Halcyon Company and again distributed by Warner and Columbia, and with an original release on May 21, 2009. It was written by John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris, Jonathan Nolan, and Anthony E. Zuiker, directed by McG,[2] and stars Christian Bale as John Connor.[3] After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, John struggles to become the leader, but in this future, Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington, who was personally recommended by James Cameron[4]) has somehow altered it, and the T-800 (Roland Kickinger with CG-rendered facial likeness of Arnold Schwarzenegger[5]) is coming online sooner than expected. The film also involves Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin[6]) and how he became the man he was in the first film.

Terminator Genesis[edit]

Main article: Terminator: Genesis
While Terminator Salvation was initially intended to begin a new trilogy,[citation needed] production of a fifth film was halted by legal trouble, as well as The Halcyon Company filing for Chapter 11Bankruptcy protection,[7] prompting industry analysts to predict its future was in jeopardy.[8][9]
By late September 2009, the rights to the franchise were once again up for sale as The Halcyon Company tried to pull itself out of bankruptcy.[10] Late the following month, Halcyon announced it would auction off the rights to future Terminator material and was seeking $60–70 million, although the only offer was made by filmmaker Joss Whedon for $10,000.[11] 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.[12] On February 8, 2010, an auction was held for the Terminator rights. After studios Sony Pictures and Lionsgate bid separately, Pacificor, the hedge fund that pushed Halcyon into bankruptcy, made a deal for $29.5 million.[13] In May 2010, Pacificor hired an agency to sell off the rights to the franchise.[14]
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 3000 and to be shot byHannover House. However, Pacificor had not given any official license to Hannover House to develop a film.[15]
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.[16] Within two months, a Terminator project with Schwarzenegger, Lin and producer Robert W. Cort attached, but no screenwriter, was circulating among studios including Universal, Sony, Lionsgate, andCBS Films.[17][18]
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[19] 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".[20] By now titled Terminator: Genesis,[21] it was being produced by Megan Ellison, with David Ellison of Skydance Productions. The executive producers were Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake. Laeta Kalorgridis and Patrick Lussier were commissioned to write the screenplay.[22]
Paramount Pictures was negotiating to distribute the film with Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier writing the script. The film was left without a director as Justin Lin, who was originally in discussions to direct, choose to direct Fast & Furious 6 instead.[23] By June 27, 2013, Paramount had pushed the film's released from June 26, 2015 to July 1, 2015.[24][25]
By September, 2013, Alan Taylor was in talks to direct the films, after Rian Johnson and Denis Villeneuve had been considered and after a deal with Ang Lee could not be reached.[26] By January, 2014, Annapurna was no longer funding the film and Megan Ellison, instead, will serve as executive producer.[27]

Casting[edit]

On June 14, 2013, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would be back for his fifth film as the Terminator/T-800,[28][29][30] while other reports suggested he instead would play a human character in the film who has close connections to the Connor family, and whose likeness would have been later used by the machines to mold the appearance of the T-800s.[31] By June 2013, Dwayne Johnsonwas being considered for the film.[32]
By early November 2013, Garrett Hedlund, Tom Hardy, Taylor Kitsch, and Nicholas Hoult were being tested for the role of Kyle Reese.[33][34][35] By the following month, Jason Clarke had entered talks to play John Connor.[36] That same month, Emilia Clarke was cast as Sarah Connor.[37] 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.[38] Later that month, Variety announce that actor Courtney is cast as Reese.[39] In February 2014, Arnold Schwarzenegger confirmed that he was signed to appear as a Terminator in this movie.[40]

Television[edit]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles[edit]

Main article: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
A television series titled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles aired on the Fox network, with Lena Headey as Sarah Connor and Thomas Dekker as John Connor. The series, created by Josh Friedman, centers on Sarah and John after Terminator 2 as they try to "live under the radar" after the explosion at Cyberdyne. Summer Glau plays a Terminator protecting the Connors. Executive producer James Middleton said the series would contain a link to Terminator Salvation[41] but that film's director, McG, later said Friedman "was the first to jump on and say we can't chase their story threads."[42]

New series[edit]

By December 2013, Skydance Productions and Annapurna Pictures were developing a new Terminator TV series. Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz, who had worked on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles together, were named as writers and executive producers. The series will deviate from the franchise's history at a critical moment in The Terminator (1984), and integrate with the continuity of a projected movie-series reboot.[43]

Production team[edit]

The rights to The Terminator film franchise have passed from Hemdale Film Corporation to Carolco Pictures to C2 Pictures to The Halcyon Company to its present ownership with Annapurna Pictures.
FilmDirectorWriter(s)Producer(s)
The TerminatorJames CameronJames Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd & William Wisher, Jr.Gale Anne Hurd
Terminator 2: Judgment DayJames Cameron & William Wisher, Jr.James Cameron
Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesJonathan MostowStory: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris & Tedi Sarafian
Screenplay: John D. Brancato & Michael Ferris		Mario Kassar, Hal Lieberman & Joel B. Michaels
Terminator SalvationMcGScreenplay: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris, Jonathan Nolan & Anthony E. ZuikerDerek Anderson, Moritz Borman, Victor Kubicek & Jeffrey Silver
Terminator: Genesis. (Reboot)Alan TaylorScreenplay: Patrick Lussier & Laeta KalogridisMegan Ellison & David Ellison

Cast[edit]

Key
  • (y) indicates the actor portrayed the role in a flashback scene as a child.
  • (v) indicates the actor or actress lent only his or her voice for his or her film character.
  • Italics indicate a cameo appearance.
  • A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
CharacterFilmTV series
The Terminator
(1984)		Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)		Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
(2003)		Terminator Salvation
(2009)		Terminator: Genesis
(2015)		Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
(2008–2009)
The TerminatorArnold SchwarzeneggerRoland Kickinger
Arnold Schwarzeneggerb		Arnold SchwarzeneggerEndoskeleton (only in dream)
Dr. Peter SilbermanEarl Boen?Bruce Davison
Sarah ConnorLinda Hamilton(Mentioned only)Linda Hamilton (v)aEmilia ClarkeLena Headey
Kyle ReeseMichael BiehnMichael BiehncAnton YelchinJai CourtneyJonathan Jackson
Skyler Gisondo (y)
John Connor(Mentioned only)Edward Furlong
Michael Edwards (Adult)
Nick StahlChristian BaleJason ClarkeThomas Dekker
John DeVito (y)!
Miles DysonJoe MortonPhil Morris
T-1000Robert Patrick
T-XKristanna Loken
Katherine "Kate" Connor (Brewster)Claire DanesBryce Dallas Howard
Marcus WrightSam Worthington
Blair WilliamsMoon Bloodgood
CameronSummer Glau
CromartieGarret Dillahunt
T-1001Shirley Manson
Derek ReeseBrian Austin Green
  • ^a Uncredited.
  • ^b Schwarzenegger's facial likeness was utilized via CGI, with a mold of his face made in 1984 scanned to create the digital makeup.[44] Schwarzenegger was unable to appear as himself as his duties as Governor of California made him unable to do so.
  • ^c Biehn reprised his role in a cameo appearance. The scene was cut from the theatrical release,[45] but was restored in the Special Edition of the film.

Reception[edit]

Box office performance[edit]

FilmRelease dateBox office revenueBox office rankingBudgetReference
United StatesForeignWorldwideAll time domesticAll time worldwide
The TerminatorOctober 26, 1984$38,371,200$40,000,000$78,371,200#1,678$6.4 million[46]
Terminator 2: Judgment DayJuly 3, 1991$204,843,345$315,000,000$519,843,345#121
#100(A)		#96$102 million[47]
Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesJuly 2, 2003$150,371,112$283,000,000$433,371,112#230#137$170 million[48]
Terminator SalvationMay 21, 2009$125,322,469$246,030,532$371,353,001#341#179$200 million[49]
Total$518,908,126$884,030,532$1,402,938,658N/AN/A$478.4 millionN/A
List indicator(s)
  • (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).

Critical reception[edit]

FilmRotten TomatoesMetacritic
The Terminator100% (47 reviews)[50]84 (11 reviews)[51]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day92% (60 reviews)[52]68 (16 reviews)[53]
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines70% (200 reviews)[54]66 (41 reviews)[55]
Terminator Salvation33% (270 reviews)[56]52 (35 reviews)[57]
Average ratings74%69

Cultural impact[edit]

The Terminator franchise has had a significant impact on popular culture, most notably James Cameron’s original films, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The film franchise placed #17 on the top 25 greatest film franchises of all time by IGN[58] and is also in the top 25 grossing franchises of all time. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the Terminator franchise is the sixth highest rated franchise on the site behind the Toy Story franchise, the Dollars trilogy, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Mad Max franchise, and the Star Wars trilogy, but in front of the Indiana Jonesfranchise.
The Terminator has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "Culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[59] The American Film Institute (AFI) has also recognized both films on a number of occasions: the line "I'll be back" from The Terminator placed as the 37th best movie quote of all time, while "Hasta la vista, baby" from Part 2 ranked 76th on the same list. The Terminator character from The Terminator was voted the 22nd villain of all time; meanwhile, the T-800 (of the same likeness) inTerminator 2: Judgment Day was voted the 48th hero of all time on the 100 Heroes and Villains list; this is the only time the same character has appeared thusly on the two opposing lists. In the 100 Years...100 series list, the Terminator franchise was voted the 42nd most thrilling of all time. Finally, Terminator 2: Judgment Day ranked 8th on AFI's top 10 list in the science fiction genre.[60]
Both films were subject to numerous pop culture references, such as the use of "I’ll be back" in countless other media, including different variations of the phrase by Arnold himself in many of his subsequent films, including The Running Man,[61] and several cameo appearances by Robert Patrick as the T-1000, in The Last Action Hero and Wayne's World. The Simpsons have also spoofed both films, and the T-1000 in particular, on a number of occasions.[62]
In terms of critical reception, the first two films also stand out. Terminator 2 is thus far the only film in the series to garner attention of the Academy Award (6 nominations and 4 wins).[63] In addition to being rated highly among top critics,[64] Total Film has rated The Terminator the 72nd best film ever made, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day the 33rd. Both films are consistently featured on IMDb’s Top 250 list.[65]
All four Terminator films have had very respectable box office gross, though after James Cameron left the series it saw diminishing returns in subsequent films. The Terminator made $78 million worldwide, far surpassing its $6 million budget and becoming a major sleeper hit. Terminator 2: Judgment Day grossed approximately $520 million globally, becoming a major blockbuster and the top-grossing film of 1991. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines did not fare as well, with $433 million, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2003. Terminator Salvation grossed an estimated $371 million worldwide, a figure below industry expectations and the lowest of any of the sequels in the series.[66]

The Sarah Connor Chronicles[edit]

Seasonal rankings (based on a weighted average total viewers per episode) for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in the United States:
SeasonTimeslotSeason premiereSeason finaleTV seasonRankViewers
(in millions)
1Sunday 8:00 p.m. ET (January 13)January 13, 2008March 3, 20082008#3611.4[67]
Monday 9:00 p.m. ET (January 14 – March 3)
2Monday 8:00 p.m. ET (September 8 – December 15)September 8, 2008April 10, 20092008–2009#714.64[citation needed]
Friday 8:00 p.m. ET (February 13 – April 10)
The series premiere in the United States was watched by 18.6 million viewers during its premiere timeslot on January 13, 2008.[68]
The pilot episode received a rating of 11.1 from Nielsen Media Research on January 13, 2008. The mainstream press reviews were generally positive. USA Today gave the premiere episode 3 and a half stars out of four, calling the series, "smart, tough and entertaining."[69] The New York Times referred to it as "one of the more humanizing adventures in science fiction to arrive in quite a while",[70] while the Los Angeles Times declared the show "has heart and feeling" and "an almost Shakespearean exploration of fate vs. character" that features "plenty of really great fight scenes, and explosions, as well as neat devices developed in the future and jury-rigged in the present."[71] In addition, film industry journal Daily Variety declared the series pilot "a slick brand extension off this profitable assembly line" that showcases "impressive and abundant action with realistic visual effects and, frankly, plenty of eye candy between Glau and Headey."[72] At the start of the second season, Variety praised "Headey's gritty performance as Sarah — managing to be smart, resourceful and tough, yet melancholy and vulnerable as well" and that the Chronicles "continue to deliver", getting "considerable mileage out of the constant peril" facing the characters.[73] The Connecticut Post placed it on its list of the top 10 TV shows of 2008: "It's smart, with thought-provoking meditations on parenthood, destiny and human nature, and features good performances by Lena Headey, as Sarah, and Summer Glau."[74] On Metacritic, a review aggregator which assigns a normalised score out of 100 to each review, the first season currently holds an average score of 74 based on 24 reviews.[75] The second season has a score of 67, based on only 4 reviews.[76]

Other media[edit]

There have been several book series and comic books associated with the Terminator series. The films have been novelized as well.

Books[edit]

Novels[edit]

Stirling, Blackford and Allston's individual series are of separate continuity. Tiedemann's novel follows on from Blackford's. Foster, Zahn and Cox's novels form a single continuity.

Other books[edit]

  • T-2: Judgment Day Book of the Film by Cameron/Wisher (1991)
  • The Making of T-2: Judgment Day by Shay/Duncan (1991)
  • Terminator 3: ROTM – Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2003)
  • The Art of Terminator Salvation by Tara Bennett (2009)
  • The Official Terminator Salvation Companion Guide by Tara Bennett (2009)
  • Terminator Vault by Ian Nathan (2013)

Comics and graphic novels[edit]

See also: List of Terminator comics
In 1988, NOW Comics published an ongoing series with John Connor as the main character in 2029, after sending Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect his mother. The seventeen issue series was followed by two limited series.[77][78][79]
Dark Horse Comics acquired the rights in 1990 and published The Terminator (titled Tempest in trade paperbacks to distinguish itself), where a group of human soldiers and four Terminators come to the present, to respectively kill or protect the developers of Skynet. One of the Terminators is Dudley, a human doctor with cybernetic implants, and he betrays his group as he feels he can make a difference in the past.[80] In the following year's sequel Secondary Objectives, the surviving Terminator leader, C890.L, is reprogrammed to destroy another Terminator sent to aid him and kill Sarah Connor.[81] In the immediate follow-up The Enemy Within, C890.L rebuilds and modifies himself to become more dangerous than ever, while a team of human assassins attempt to return to the past and kill a Skynet developer.[82] The 1992 Endgame concludes this arc, with human colonel Mary Randall, having lost Dudley and her soldiers in the final battle with C890.L, protecting Sarah Connor as she goes into labor. Sarah gives birth to a girl named Jane, whose future leadership means Skynet is quickly defeated and never develops time travel.[83]
Dark Horse published a 1992 one-shot written by James Dale Robinson and drawn by Matt Wagner. It followed a female Terminator and a resistance fighter battling for the life of another Sarah Connor: Sarah Lang, who has married artist Michael Connor and intends to kill him for his money.[84] The following year they published the limited series Hunters and Killers, set during the war, where special Terminators with ceramic skeletons and genuine organs are created to impersonate leaders in the Russian resistance.[85] Another limited series was published in 1998, focusing on the misadventures of two malfunctioning Terminators in Death Valley. They kill a man named Ken Norden, mistaking his wife Sara and son Jon for the Connors.[86] This set up the following year's comic The Dark Years, where Jon Norden fights alongside John Connor in 2030. In The Dark Years, another Terminator is sent to eliminate John and his mother in 1999.[87]
Terminators have crossed over with RoboCop, Superman, and Alien vs. Predator. In the 1992 RoboCop versus The Terminator and 2000 Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future, the heroes must prevent the war ravaged future.[88][89] In 2000 Dark Horse also published Alien versus Predator versus The Terminator, where Skynet, who went dormant after Connor defeated them, have returned and are creating an Alien-Terminator hybrid. The Ellen Ripley clone (from Alien Resurrection) and the Predators join forces to stop them.[90]
Malibu Comics published twin series in 1995. One was a sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, where Sarah and John encounter two T-800s and a female T-1000. The other was a prequel exploring how Connor sent Reese and the T-800 back in time, and the creation of the T-1000 (which took its default appearance from a captive soldier). The conclusions of both series were published in one issue.[91][92]
Beckett Comics published three series to promote Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, each consisting of two issues.[93][94][95]
The 2007 Terminator 2: Infinity comic book series by Dynamite Entertainment (a sequel to Rise of the Machines) depicts Connor on July 17, 2009. Kate Brewster died the year before, and he is aided by a future Terminator named Uncle Bob. They create a homing signal to bring together other human survivors, beginning the resistance. The series is also tied into another one of Dynamite's publications, Painkiller Jane, for two issues.[96] Dynamite are releasing a sequel Terminator: Revolution and at all the same time IDW Publishing are releasing a Salvation tie-in, possible because the former is based on the Terminator 2 license.[97]

Games[edit]

See also: List of Terminator video games
The franchise has been expanded with many computer and video games and other game types, where many are concerned mainly with the future war, rather than the time travel.

Rides[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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