'Terminator Zero' creator Mattson Tomlin gives EW an exclusive first look at the Netflix anime series, which goes back to the horror vibes of the original films.
Mattson Tomlin, the showrunner and executive producer behind the new anime series, tells EW how he embraced the horror vibe of the first two films.Nick is an entertainment journalist based in New York, NY. If you like pugs and the occasional blurry photo of an action figure, follow him on Twitter @NickARomano.It didn’t have anything to do with continuity, which feels like the obvious head scratcher, given all the time tampering across six movies.
No, the specific challenge related to the setting itself. The powers that be at Netflix, Skydance, and animation studio Production I.G wantedto have some kind of Japanese component. Tomlin took it a step further and set the eight-episode anime in Japan. “I was aware that there aren't really guns in Japan, and I don't think I quite appreciated how real that was," he says of his predicament.
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