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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Plans for an upcoming installment in the Terminator franchise indicate an exciting new future for the saga, moving the long-running sci-fi series beyond original star Arnold Schwarzenegger and a potential Terminator 7 movie. Announced by Netflix, Terminator Zero is an animated series that is set to reshape the Terminator series' convoluted timeline once again, being set at a crucial juncture in the overall story.
The Terminator Movie Franchise Has Been Struggling For Years Close While an animated series with an all-new cast of characters is a bold move for a franchise that has broadly been movie-based, Terminator Zero's new format is a tacit acceptance that Terminator movies are no longer the box office draw they once were.
Although some entries, such as Terminator Salvation and Terminator Genisys performed reasonably at the box office, where the franchise has really struggled is with the critics. Until Dark Fate corrected the trend, the films had been on a steep downward trajectory since Rise of the Machines, with each movie securing progressively worse critical scores. This, combined with innumerable retcons, reboots, and timeline changes, made the Terminator franchise both incoherent and underwhelming.
Setting up a new story while still adhering to the basic, time-traveling Terminator premise is exactly the kind of direction the franchise needs to move in. However, there's also evidence that the long-term future of the Terminator series has always been on TV. Although it was canceled, many fans praise the Fox series The Sarah Connor Chronicles as the best entry in the franchise since the original trilogy, highlighting how the TV format is perfectly suited to the wider story.
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