Terminator: Dark Fate

Terminator: Dark Fate
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Directed by	Tim Miller
Screenplay by	David S. Goyer Justin Rhodes Billy Ray
Story by	James Cameron Charles H. Eglee Josh Friedman David S. Goyer Justin Rhodes
Produced by	James Cameron David Ellison
Starring	Linda Hamilton Arnold Schwarzenegger Mackenzie Davis Natalia Reyes Gabriel Luna Diego Boneta
Cinematography	Ken Seng
Edited by	Julian Clarke
Music by	Tom Holkenborg
Production companies	20th Century Fox Skydance Media Tencent Pictures TSG Entertainment Lightstorm Entertainment
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (North America) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (through Buena Vista International, International)[1]
Release dates	October 23, 2019 (2019-10-23) (Europe) November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01) (United States)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Spanish
Budget	$185–196 million
Box office	$261.1 million

Terminator: Dark Fate is a 2019 American science fiction action film. It is the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise and serves as a direct sequel to both The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), ignoring the events depicted in Rise of the Machines (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009), and Terminator Genisys (2015). The film stars Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising their characters Sarah Connor and the T-800 Terminator, respectively, and introduces Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna and Diego Boneta as new characters. Dark Fate is directed by Tim Miller and written by David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes, and Billy Ray, based on a story by James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee, Josh Friedman, Goyer, and Rhodes.

The film is set 25 years after the events of Terminator 2, when the machines send an advanced Terminator (Luna) back in time to 2020 with instructions to kill Dani Ramos (Reyes), whose fate is connected to the future. The Resistance also sends Grace (Davis), an augmented soldier, back in time to defend Dani, who is also joined by Sarah Connor and Skynet's T-800. Principal photography took place from June to November 2018 in Hungary, Spain, and the United States.

Distributed by Paramount Pictures in North America and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in other territories, the film was released theatrically in the United States on November 1, 2019. Terminator: Dark Fate received mixed reviews from critics, though it was considered an improvement over recent predecessors. The film grossed $261.1 million worldwide and lost $122.6 million, making it one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time. As a result, initial plans for future films were later canceled.