Exclusive: Terminator Zero showrunner Mattson Tomlin introduces Terminator fans to the new Production I.G.
anime series coming to Netflix.
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I was 10 years old the first time I saw a Terminator.
It was the yearThe Matrixwas released, and I was on the hunt for everything sci-fi and cyberpunk.
It scared the shit out of me.
For weeks, I had nightmares about a man ripping off his face to reveal the machine underneath.
Several years later, I returned toThe Terminatorand its sequel.
This time, I watched them through to the end.
But I still felt haunted by my nightmares.
I still felt haunted byThe Terminator.
There was something to the first film that was elemental, primordial, nakedly fierce.
The filmmaking itself felt dangerous, muscular, and, most of all… scary.
In the fall of 2020, I was in the middle of my own war with machines.
They asked me if I had any instincts about where to take the story.
Instantly, I was revisited by the ghost ofThe Terminator.
This was a huge piece of the puzzle.
Sometimes, its a hard question to answer, but not in this case.
The first two Terminator films are love stories.
The second, a story of a mothers love.
Its always a daunting undertaking to take something people love and revere to new places.
Finding the balance of injecting new ideas and approaches (otherwise why even do it?)
with the need to preserve the elements that make Terminator feel like Terminator.
And as for the future…
-Mattson TomlinShowrunner
Terminator Zerocomes to Netflix on Aug 29.
