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   [NEWS] "Terminator Zero" cancelled after   
   14 Feb 26 12:58:37   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.animation   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
       Netflix Cancels Beloved TV Show, Creator Issues Statement   
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       Netflix has canceled a beloved TV show after one season. The show's   
       creator, Mattson Tomlin, recently addressed the disappointing news.   
      
       Why did Netflix cancel Terminator Zero?   
       Terminator Zero has been canceled after one season. Set in the   
       Terminator universe, the anime series continued the battle between   
       humanity and the artificial intelligence network known as Skynet.   
       Terminator Zero is based on the Terminator franchise created by   
       James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd.   
      
       Netflix never announced the cancellation publicly. Tomlin, who   
       created Terminator Zero for Netflix, confirmed the series had been   
       canceled in an X post. When asked for a reason, Tomlin said it came   
       down to viewership.   
      
       "It was cancelled. The critical and audience reception to it was   
       tremendous, but at the end of the day not nearly enough people   
       watched it. I would've loved to deliver on the Future War I had   
       planned in season's 2 and 3, but I'm also very happy with how it   
       feels contained as is."   
      
       "Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in   
       time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect   
       a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system   
       designed to compete with Skynet's impending attack on humanity,"   
       the Netflix synopsis reads. "As Malcolm navigates the moral   
       complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting   
       assassin from the future, which forever alters the fate of his   
       three children."   
      
       Tomlin wrote the scripts in English, which were later translated   
       into Japanese. Terminator Zero featured two voice casts: one in   
       Japanese and one in English.   
      
       The English-dubbed cast included Timothy Olyphant as The Terminator,   
       Rosario Dawson as Kokoro, Andre Holland as Malcolm Lee, Sonoya Mizuno   
       as Eiko, and Ann Dowd as The Prophet.   
      
       The eight-episode series premiered on Netflix in August 2024 to   
       positive acclaim. Despite Tomlin's plans for multiple seasons,   
       Terminator Zero will not continue.   
      
      
      
      
      
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