'Terminator 5 Genisys' Trailer, Cast & Plot Spoilers: Film Not a Sequel? Allies, Enemies & More Details Tipped
- Maria Myka
- Mar 26, 2015 05:57 AM EDT
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A copy of the "Terminator: Genisys" script was leaked last month, and according to the International Business Times, it is going to be funnier than the previous movies in the franchise, with a cliff-hanger to wrap it up.
Terminator Fans put up a review, and according to the website, "The script seems fast-paced and I would best describe it as a very visual script, in terms of how descriptively the action scenes are written. The new Terminator villain will be extremely advanced and is more of an evolutionary step upwards from the T-1000 than the T-X was."
However, it also turned out that Genisys is not actually going to be a sequel of the Terminator films! A report from the same website said, "Genisys is just a taster, it sets up the characters, introduces us to the new timeline while still effectively leaving the first movie untouched, The Terminator (1984) did happen and is left untouched in our hearts."
A Skydance executive also confirmed the website's report, telling IGN, It's not a traditional remake, nor is it a continuation or a sequel, nor is it exactly a reboot. In a sense, it's a reimagining -- and it certainly follows the same kind of logic as J.J. Abrams' [Star Trek], which is that the beauty of any world where you have time travel is that you can introduce pivotal, different events that then fracture off on a whole new timeline and let you explore how things would have happened if one major thing had gone differently."
Director Alan Taylor also said that "Genisys" is going to be the beginning of a new "Terminator" trilogy, and will use "Terminator" and "T2" as the template for the story. He explained, "The first two are just completely our compass, our inspiration and our guide. We can't be what they are."
He went on, saying that "the key element in the first two films that I envy is the incredible simplicity. It was somebody you really cared about in peril every minute in both those movies. It was a very small, contained source of suspense."
Taylor explained further: "The first film was a love story; it was also a horror film," the director went on. "The second one was a father/son story, but it was also a beautifully built thriller. The fact that he's taking a solid genre and putting powerful family stuff into it is the challenge we're trying to rise to."
So how will they turn "Genisys" into something that resembles the first two films? Taylor spilled the beans: "I think it's a dysfunctional family [story], but the father theme plays really strongly in ours. We have mirroring father figures in this that have to be dealt with, and they are very difficult relationships. Again, there is a love story at the core of it. Outside of that, there is the issue of family. I guess we're trying to draw on things that were present in both the first two films."
"Terminator: Genisys" stars Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor, Jason Clarke as John Connor, and Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese. Arnold Schwarzenegger is also reprising his role as T-800. It will be released in theaters on June 25, 2015.
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