Terminator Dark Fate trivia: 88 facts about the new Terminator movie

Terminator: Dark Fate is the new film in the Terminator franchise. It is considered to be a sequel to Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

Also, is the first film since then that we see Linda Hamilton back as Sarah Connor. So let’s dive into some trivia and facts.

Terminator: Dark Fate is a 2019 American science fiction action film
It is directed by Tim Miller
With a screenplay by David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes and Billy Ray
From a story by James Cameron, Charles Eglee, Josh Friedman, Goyer and Rhodes
Cameron and David Ellison are the film’s producers
It is the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise
And the direct sequel to The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
While Cameron described Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009), Terminator Genisys (2015) and the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009) as occurring in alternate timelines
The film is the first since Terminator 2: Judgment Day to have franchise creator Cameron involved
The film stars Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Returning in their roles of Sarah Connor and the T-800 “Terminator”, respectively, reuniting after 28 years
The film also stars Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna and Diego Boneta as new characters
In the film, the machines send a Terminator, the Rev-9 (Luna), back in time to kill a young woman, Dani Ramos (Reyes), whose fate is connected to Sarah Connor and her son John’s legacies
Thusly making her a target
The Human Resistance sends an enhanced soldier, Grace (Davis), whose existence also depends on Dani’s survival, back to protect her
Grace and Dani’s only hope for survival against the Rev-9 depends on them joining forces with Sarah and a T-800 Terminator
Distributed by Paramount Pictures in North America, Tencent Pictures in China
And 20th Century Fox in other territories
Terminator: Dark Fate is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on November 1, 2019
It received mixed to positive reviews from critics
Who generally considered it superior to recent Terminator sequels and praised the performances
But found it derivative of the first two films
In December 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that a television series was in the works, which would tie into a new Terminator trilogy
On September 5, 2014 Paramount announced that Terminator Genisys (2015) would be the first film in a new standalone trilogy
With two sequels scheduled for release on May 19, 2017 and June 29, 2018
On February 24, 2015, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that he would be returning for the first sequel in his role as the T-800
While promoting Genisys in Berlin in June 2015, Skydance Media CEO David Ellison and COO Dana Goldberg said that the spin-off TV series was still in development
A month later, Paramount and Skydance declined to comment about the status of the sequel and TV series
Although they confirmed that international box-office performance would be taken into consideration
As of September 2015, Terminator Genisys had failed to earn the required $150 million in China to fast-track a sequel
On October 1, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter said that the sequels and television spin-off were on hold indefinitely because Terminator Genisys had failed to break even
On October 6, Goldberg said that she “wouldn’t say [the franchise is] on hold, so much as re-adjusting”
According to Goldberg, despite Genisys’ disappointing domestic performance, the company was happy with its worldwide numbers and still intended to make new films and the TV series
Production of a sequel would begin no earlier than 2016 because the company planned market research to determine its direction after Genisys
In January 2016, Paramount announced that the sequel had been removed from its 2017 release schedule
In April 2016, Emilia Clarke, who played Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys, said that she would not return for any sequels
Ellison felt that Terminator Genisys could have been better, so he recruited franchise creator James Cameron to produce the subsequent film with him in hopes of creating a better film
Cameron was intrigued by Ellison’s proposal to make the film a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Ignoring the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009) and Terminator Genisys
Other filmmakers on the project had suggested making the film without Schwarzenegger
But Cameron disliked the idea as he and Schwarzenegger were friends
Cameron agreed to produce the film on the condition that Schwarzenegger be involved in it
As producer, Cameron was involved in pre-production and script work
Cameron was involved with the project as of January 2017
And Ellison was searching for a writer among science fiction authors with the intention that Tim Miller direct it
The film was reportedly a reboot, suggesting the Terminator Genisys storyline had been discarded
By March 2017, the studio had chosen not to continue using Schwarzenegger and Clarke
As the sequel to Genisys had been removed from the studio’s release schedule
Later in the month, Ellison said there would be an announcement regarding the future of the franchise before the end of the year, and that it was going to be in a direction that would provide “the continuation of what the fans really wanted since T2”
In April 2017, Schwarzenegger said that he was looking forward to being in another Terminator film
And there are negotiations for another studio to pick up the franchise from Paramount and Cameron producing
In July 2017, Cameron said that he is working with Ellison to set up a trilogy of films and supervise it
The intention is for Schwarzenegger to be involved to some extent, but also introduce new characters and “pass the baton”
Schwarzenegger was later confirmed to be reprising his role
On September 12, 2017, Skydance Media confirmed that Miller will direct the new Terminator film
Which was initially scheduled for release on July 26, 2019
The film’s story was drafted and conceived by Miller, Cameron, and Ellison, and a team of writers was hired to write the script
The team included Charles H. Eglee
David S. Goyer and his writing partner, Justin Rhodes
And Josh Friedman, creator of the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Cameron and the writers watched the Terminator sequels that came after his initial films, and it was determined that the storylines of the later films were too complex when it came to time travel
Weeks were spent working on the story, which was eventually envisioned as a new Terminator film trilogy
Goyer wrote a draft for the first film in the trilogy that would ultimately become Terminator: Dark Fate
Goyer moved on to other projects
By November 2017, Billy Ray was brought in to polish the script
Ray rewrote much of Goyer’s draft
Miller wrote the film’s action scenes
While Ray handled the characters
As the start of filming approached, Cameron felt that the script needed improvement and made the changes himself
The film’s writing credits are story by James Cameron & Charles Eglee & Josh Friedman & David Goyer & Justin Rhodes
Screenplay by David Goyer & Justin Rhodes and Billy Ray
Miller said that the destruction of Cyberdyne at the end of Terminator 2: Judgment Day is an event which would change the future
Before screenwriters were hired, Miller requested that a group of novelists be consulted on how to reinvent the franchise
Among the novelists was Joe Abercrombie, Neal Asher, Greg Bear, Warren Ellis, and Neal Stephenson
Abercrombie suggested the idea of a female character who is half human and half machine, forming the origins of the character Grace
Linda Hamilton was pleased with the film’s characters, and felt that earlier sequels to Terminator 2 lacked characters that the audience would care about
In the United States and Canada, Terminator: Dark Fate will be released alongside Harriet, Arctic Dogs and Motherless Brooklyn
It is projected to gross $40- 47 million from 4,000 theaters in its opening weekend
In Germany, the film started out with 132,500 spectators, placing it third on that week’s charts
In the weekend following its international debut, the film grossed $12.8 million from countries in Europe and Asia
It was considered a low start
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 68%
And an average rating of 6.06/10
Based on 122 reviews
The website’s critics consensus reads, “Terminator: Dark Fate represents a significant upgrade over its immediate predecessors, even if it lacks the thrilling firepower of the franchise’s best installments”
On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 54 out of 100
Based on 35 critics
Indicating “mixed or average reviews”