TERMINATOR: GENISYS - EW Offers First Official Look and Story Details
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly we have our first official look at Terminator: Genisys. It comes in the form of two covers that they released for the magazine, and they feature Emilia Clark as Sarah Connor, Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese, Jason Clarke as John Connor, and Matt Smith as they will appear in the upcoming sci-fi adventure film. We also have a description of the story for you that you can check out below:
Terminator: Genisys starts in 2029, when the Future War is raging and a group of human rebels has the evil artificial-intelligence system Skynet on the ropes. John Connor (Clarke) is the leader of the resistance, and Kyle Reese (Courtney) is his loyal soldier, raised in the ruins of post apocalyptic California. As in the original film, Connor sends Reese back to 1984 to save Connor’s mother, Sarah (Clarke), from a Terminator programmed to kill her so that she won’t ever give birth to John. But what Reese finds on the other side is nothing like he expected.
The report offers up addition details on the story that some of you might consider to be SPOILERS, so be careful if you decide to read this next part, which deals with a twist in the movie:
"Sarah Connor isn’t the innocent she was when Linda Hamilton first sported feathered hair and acid-washed jeans in the role. Nor is she Hamilton’s steely zero body-fat warrior in 1991’s T2. Rather, the mother of humanity’s messiah was orphaned by a Terminator at age 9. Since then, she’s been raised by (brace yourself) Schwarzenegger’s Terminator—an older T-800 she calls “Pops”—who is programmed to guard rather than to kill. As a result, Sarah is a highly trained antisocial recluse who’s great with a sniper rifle but not so skilled at the nuances of human emotion."
Whoa! I didn't see that coming! That's a big surprise, and I really do love that concept of a Terminator raising Connor. Producer David Ellison explains,
“Since she was 9 years old, she has been told everything that was supposed to happen. But Sarah fundamentally rejects that destiny. She says, ‘That’s not what I want to do.’ It’s her decision that drives the story in a very different direction.”
Damn, this could actually be a really good movie. Creator James Cameron thinks it has a good chance of being great. In fact, this whole concept was probably his big contribution to the movie. So far I like what I've heard about the story and what I've seen, so let's see what happens. Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith plays an ally of John Connor and he said this about the movie:
“It’s like going on tour again if you’re Pink Floyd—the audience always wants to hear some of the old songs. There are enough nods to the past that people will feel satisfied.”
That's what I think the fans are hoping for.