Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series
Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series is an American animated science-fiction action web series and is part of the Terminator franchise. The series premiered on Machinima on May 18, 2009[1] and concluded on June 24, 2009. Taking place between the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation, the series was created using real-time computer animation from the video game and serves as a prequel to the game.
Terminator Salvation:
The Machinima Series
Andy Shapiro
- Tor Helmstein
- Ian Kirby
Moon Bloodgood
"The Terminator Theme"
"Break the Silence" by
Erik Thunberg and
Simon Viklund
Trond Viggo Melssen
United States
English
1
6
- Joel B. Michaels
- McG
- Allen DeBevoise
- Derek Anderson
- Victor Kubicek
- Andy Shapiro
- Cos Lazouras
12–14 (74 minutes)
- Warner Premiere Digital
- Wonderland Sound and Vision
- The Halcyon Company
- Machinima, Inc.
May 18 –
June 24, 2009
It was released on DVD on November 3, 2009.[2]
Production[edit]
The web series is written by Andy Shapiro and co-directed by Tor Helmstein. Moon Bloodgood, who appeared in the 2009 film, provided her voice for the film's character Blair Williams in the series and the video game of the same name. Explained by McG, director of Terminator Salvation: "From a film maker's point of view, Machinima provides an incredibly dynamic way to explore live worlds and tell compelling new stories". The video game creator and Halcyon Games president Cos Lazouras said: "Re-purposing our game to produce the very first dramatic series in this medium is a fantastic innovation and will become the norm for game makers in the future". Diane Nelson, president of Warner Bros.: "After meeting with McG and Halcyon's creative teams we could easily see the power and potential of this type of content. The combination of McG and the Game maker's creative talent and the inherent essence of the man vs. machine concept made for a natural feature-length story".[3]
Premise[edit]
Set in 2016, years after Judgment Day, the series follows Blair Williams, who is fighting the war against the machines in downtown Los Angeles, while tracking down the computer hacker Laz Howard and trying to persuade him to join sides with the resistance.