Terminator Genisys…
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On June 13, 2013, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would be back for his fourth film as the Terminator/T-800. By early November 2013, Garrett Hedlund, Tom Hardy, Taylor Kitsch, and Nicholas Hoult were being tested for the role of Kyle Reese. By the following month, Jason Clarke had entered talks to play John Connor. In November 2013, it was reported that Emilia Clarke, Tatiana Maslany, and Brie Larson were the finalists for the role of Sarah Connor the next month, Clarke was announced as having won the role.

In February 2014, the studio was considering Jai Courtney and Boyd Holbrook for Reese, and planning for the character to be in at least two films; later that month, it was confirmed that Courtney was cast.On March 13, 2014, it was reported that J. K. Simmons was in talks for a role as a weary and alcoholic detective who has followed a bizarre case involving Sarah Connor and robots for more than three decades. On March 25, 2014, Schwarzenegger revealed that he is indeed playing a Terminator character, in which human tissue has aged. On March 28, 2014, it was announced that Dayo Okeniyi was cast as Danny Dyson. On March 31, 2014, it was announced that Lee Byung-hun was cast in a lead role, also Michael Gladis and Sandrine Holt joined the cast. On May 2, 2014, Matt Smith joined the cast of the film in a major role. On July 10, 2014, Douglas Smith joined the cast of the film.

Principal photography began on April 21, 2014 in New Orleans, and ended on August 6, 2014 in San Francisco. Legacy Effects, successor to Stan Winston Studio, created the Terminator robotic and make-up effects, led by John Rosengrant who had worked on the previous four Terminator films. However, Jeff Dawn, who was the lead make-up artist on the first three installments, did not return.The production made an effort to have the film’s cinematography match the visuals of the first two Terminator films; sequences set in the year 1984 favoured colors and tones of blues, greens and blacks in order to match the look of The Terminator, while scenes set during the future war against the machines were modelled after such scenes from Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

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