The Terminator Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

In the year 2029, the rulers of Earth, to ensure their success, decide to reshape the future by changing the past. They send The Terminator back in time to the year 1984 to destroy the mother of a future rebel leader - Sarah Connor, who doesn't know the role her unborn child will play in the decades to come.

Action Sci-Fi Thriller

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  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  ... The Terminator

  Expend4bles, The Expendables

• M
  Michael Biehn

  ... Kyle Reese

  Predator: Killer of Killers, The Abyss

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  Linda Hamilton

  ... Sarah Connor

  Osiris, Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D

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  Paul Winfield

  ... Lieutenant Ed Traxler

• B
  Bill Paxton

  ... Punk Leader

  Edge of Tomorrow, Nightcrawler

Who is making The Terminator – Crew List

A look at The Terminator behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director James Cameron last helmed Avatar: Fire and Ash and The Abyss. The film's writer James Cameron last penned Avatar: Fire and Ash and Avatar: The Way of Water 3D.

Director

James Cameron

Screenwriters

James Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd

Production – What we know about the The Terminator

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Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed The Terminator movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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