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In 2024, the animated series Terminator Zero premiered on Netflix and did the seemingly impossible: it presented a thoughtful, well-structured story set in the Terminator universe that vastly outdid many of the live-action sequels.
Positive reviews soon poured in for the eight-episode show, which was developed by The Batman Part II writer Mattson Tomlin and featured animation by the esteemed Japanese studio Production I.G., but fans of the show were unhappy to find out this month that there would be no more of it, as Netflix has cancelled Terminator Zero after just one season.
Tomlin took to X for a post-mortem after the news broke, saying he might write a thread in the future about his planned five-season run of the show. “The series finale was special,” he said. “It was part of my pitch to get the job. I’ve written all of the season two scripts and outlined pretty much all of season three.”
There don’t seem to be any hard feelings between Tomlin and the streamer, however, despite the show’s upsetting cancelation.
