Terminator Genisys

In 2029, Human Resistance leader John Connor launches a final offensive against Skynet, an artificial general intelligence system seeking to eliminate the human race. Before the Resistance can triumph, Skynet activates a time machine and sends a T-800/Model 101 Terminator back to 1984, to kill John's mother Sarah. John's right-hand man, Kyle Reese, volunteers to travel back in time to protect her. As Kyle floats in the machine's magnetic field, he sees John being attacked by another Resistance soldier. This creates a temporal paradox that alters the timeline and causes Kyle to experience childhood memories from a parallel version of himself.

When it arrives in 1984 Los Angeles, Skynet's T-800 is disabled by Sarah and "Pops", a reprogrammed T-800. An unknown party had sent Pops to 1973 to protect Sarah when she was nine years old after her parents were killed by a T-1000 sent by Skynet. When Kyle arrives in 1984, he is intercepted by the T-1000, which Sarah and Pops destroy with acid. Sarah and Pops have constructed a makeshift time machine like Skynet's and Sarah plans to stop Skynet by traveling to 1997, the year it becomes self-aware. However, realizing that the past has been altered, Kyle is convinced that the future has also changed. He recalls a warning he received in his childhood vision, convincing Sarah that they instead must travel to 2017 to stop Skynet. After fighting the T-1000, Pops has sustained exterior damage that prevents him from time traveling. He stays in 1984 and plans to meet up with Kyle and Sarah in the future, preparing for their arrival in the meantime.

In 2017, Kyle and Sarah materialize in the middle of a busy San Francisco highway and are apprehended by city police. While they are treated for injuries, Sarah and Kyle learn that Skynet is called "Genisys"—a soon-to-be-unveiled global operating system which is embraced by the public. John suddenly appears and rescues Sarah and Kyle. Pops arrives and unexpectedly shoots John, revealing that John is now an advanced Terminator.{{efn|Identified offscreen as a T-3000.{{cite web |last=Orange |first=B. Alan |title='Terminator Genisys' Character Posters Introduce the T-3000 |url=https://movieweb.com/terminator-genisys-posters-characters-t-3000/ |website=MovieWeb |access-date=January 2, 2020 |date=May 9, 2015 |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021144735/https://movieweb.com/terminator-genisys-posters-characters-t-3000/ |url-status=live }}}} The resistance soldier who attacked John is revealed to have been Skynet in physical disguise as a Terminator.{{efn|Skynet is credited as "Alex" and identified offscreen as being a T-5000 Terminator.}} While Kyle was traveling back in time, Skynet attacked John and infected him with nanomachines that converted him into a cyborg on a cellular level. John, brainwashed to ensure Skynet's creation, traveled back in time to assist Cyberdyne Systems with the development of Genisys, hence securing Skynet and its machines' rise. Pops fights John before trapping him long enough for them to escape.

A day before Skynet's worldwide attack, Sarah, Kyle, and Pops retreat to a safe house and make final preparations to destroy Cyberdyne's Genisys mainframe. They head toward Cyberdyne's headquarters with John in close pursuit. During an airborne chase, Pops dive-bombs into John's helicopter and causes it to crash. John survives the crash and enters the Cyberdyne complex, where it advances the countdown from 13 hours to 15 minutes. Kyle, Sarah, and Pops plant bombs at key points in the facility while holding off John.

In a final battle, Pops traps John in the magnetic field of a prototype time machine. Both are destroyed, but just before the explosion, Pops' remains are flung out of the apparatus into a nearby vat of experimental mimetic polyalloy. Kyle and Sarah reach a bunker beneath the facility and the explosion sets off the bombs, preventing Genisys from coming online. Pops appears, upgraded with mimetic polyalloy components like that of the T-1000, and helps them escape from the debris.

The trio travels to Kyle's childhood home, where Kyle tells his younger self about Genisys and instructs him to repeat the warning to himself, securing the trio's arrival from 1984. Sarah, Kyle, and Pops drive off into the countryside. A mid-credits scene reveals that the system core of Genisys, located in a protected subterranean chamber, has survived the explosion.{{efn|While initially intended as a teaser for two planned film sequels and a spin-off television series to the film, the post-credits scene of Terminator Genisys ultimately served as a teaser for a video game direct sequel to the film, Terminator Genisys: Future War, released on May 18, 2017.}}

{{See also|List of Terminator (franchise) characters|l1=List of Terminator characters}}

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator / Pops:
  A reprogrammed T-800 Terminator who is Sarah's protector and mentor.
• Brett Azar stood in on-set as the body double for the T-800 Terminator (of the first film who time-traveled to 1984) and the Young Guardian in 1973.{{cite web |last=Acuna |first=Kirsten |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/terminator-genisys-arnold-schwarzenegger-body-double-2015-6 |title=Meet the bodybuilder who plays Arnold Schwarzenegger's body double in 'Terminator Genisys' |work=Business Insider |date=June 29, 2015 |access-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-date=January 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101175315/http://www.businessinsider.com/terminator-genisys-arnold-schwarzenegger-body-double-2015-6 |url-status=live }}
• Jason Clarke as John Connor:
  The leader of the Resistance and Kyle's mentor, who was attacked by T-5000 and turned into a T-3000 Terminator composed of machine phase matter.{{cite magazine|last1=Sperling|first1=Nicole|title=Jason Clarke and the reinvention of the Terminator's John Connor|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/26/terminator-genisys-jason-clarke-john-connor|access-date=December 28, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 26, 2015|archive-date=February 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206065526/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/26/terminator-genisys-jason-clarke-john-connor|url-status=live}}
• Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor:
  Pops' protégée and destined to be John's mother.{{cite magazine |last=Hibberd |first=James |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/12/13/emilia-clarke-cast-as-sarah-connor/ |title='Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke cast as Sarah Connor in 'Terminator' reboot |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 13, 2013 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=December 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207232556/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/12/13/emilia-clarke-cast-as-sarah-connor/ |url-status=live }}
• Willa Taylor as Young Sarah
• Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese:
  A Resistance soldier and John's protégé destined to be John's father.
• Bryant Prince as Young Kyle
• J. K. Simmons as O'Brien:
  An alcoholic police detective from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) and former Marine who investigates time travelers, particularly Terminators.{{cite news |first=Borys |last=Kit |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jk-simmons-joins-terminator-genesis-688177 |title=J. K. Simmons Joins 'Terminator: Genesis' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116033437/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jk-simmons-joins-terminator-genesis-688177 |url-status=live }}
• Wayne Bastrup as Young O'Brien:
  An LAPD beat cop in 1984 who witnesses the encounter between Kyle and the T-1000.{{cite web |first=Scott J. |last=Davis |date=May 27, 2015 |url=http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/05/interview-wayne-bastrup-discusses-his-upcoming-role-in-terminator-genisys.html |title=Interview: Wayne Bastrup discusses his upcoming role in Terminator Genisys |publisher=flickeringmyth.com |access-date=May 27, 2015}}
• Dayo Okeniyi as Danny Dyson:
  Miles's son and Cyberdyne Systems' president; he co-creates the operating system Genisys with John Connor.
• Matt Smith (credited as Matthew Smith) as Alex:
  An advanced T-5000 Terminator who embodies Skynet. Alex's appearance is also used by Skynet as a holographic avatar in 2017.{{cite news |author=Radio Times staff |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-02/this-is-who-matt-smith-is-playing-in-terminator-genisys |title=Is Doctor Who's Matt Smith skynet in Terminator Genisys? |work=Radio Times |date=July 2, 2015 |access-date=August 30, 2015}}{{cite web |first=Robin |last=Parrish |url=http://www.techtimes.com/articles/62641/20150622/know-who-matt-smith-playing-terminator-genisys.htm |title=We Know Who Matt Smith Is Playing In 'Terminator: Genisys' |publisher=Tech Times |date=June 22, 2015 |access-date=August 30, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Eisenberg |first=Eric |date=July 7, 2015 |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hell-Did-Matt-Smith-Came-From-Terminator-Genisys-72379.html |title=When The Hell Did Matt Smith Come From In Terminator: Genisys? |publisher=Cinema Blend |access-date=August 30, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001606/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hell-Did-Matt-Smith-Came-From-Terminator-Genisys-72379.html |url-status=dead }}
• Ian Etheridge as Skynet, age 10.
• Nolan Gross as Skynet, age 12–14.
• Seth Meriwether as Skynet, age 18.
• Courtney B. Vance as Miles Dyson:
  Cyberdyne Systems' CEO who funds the Genisys project.
• Michael Gladis as Lieutenant Matias:
  A SFPD police lieutenant and O'Brien's superior.
• Sandrine Holt as Detective Cheung:
  A SFPD police detective.
• Byung-Hun Lee as Cop / T-1000:
  A shapeshifting prototypical Terminator composed of mimetic polyalloy.{{cite web |first=Craig |last=Hunter |date=May 27, 2014 |url=http://www.screenrelish.com/2014/05/27/terminator-genesis-call-sheet-reveals-byung-hun-lees-role-as-t-1000/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531091048/http://www.screenrelish.com/2014/05/27/terminator-genesis-call-sheet-reveals-byung-hun-lees-role-as-t-1000/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 31, 2014 |title='Terminator: Genesis' Call Sheet Reveals Byung-hun Lee's Role As T-1000 |publisher=ScreenRelish |access-date=May 27, 2014}}

Although Terminator Salvation was intended to begin a new trilogy, the production of a fifth film was put on hold because of legal issues with franchise owner the Halcyon Company (which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2009).{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/08/terminator-producers-file-for-bankrupcty-creditors-include-schwarzenegger-christian-bale-mcg.html |title='Terminator' producers file for bankruptcy |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 19, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506070949/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/08/terminator-producers-file-for-bankrupcty-creditors-include-schwarzenegger-christian-bale-mcg.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Fritz |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-18-fi-ct-terminator18-story.html |title='Terminator Salvation' producers sue hedge fund Pacificor |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 18, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810002428/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-18-fi-ct-terminator18-story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/article/terminator-producers-sue-fraud_5258 |title='Terminator' Producers Sue for Fraud |website=TheWrap.com |date=August 17, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107152244/http://www.thewrap.com/article/terminator-producers-sue-fraud_5258 |url-status=dead }} To avoid bankruptcy, Halcyon later decided to sell the rights to the franchise and valued the property at $70 million.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/09/terminator-rights-may-change-hands-again.html |title='Terminator' rights may change hands again |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 28, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224034217/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/09/terminator-rights-may-change-hands-again.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/halcyon-puts-terminator-on-block-1118010756/ |title=Halcyon puts 'Terminator' on block |work=Variety |date=November 2, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |first=Dave |last=McNary |author-link=Dave McNary |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308034431/https://variety.com/2009/film/news/halcyon-puts-terminator-on-block-1118010756/ |url-status=live }} On February 8, 2010, the franchise was auctioned for $29.5 million to Pacificor, a hedge fund which was the largest creditor in Halcyon's bankruptcy proceedings.{{cite web |first=Nikki |last=Finke |url=https://deadline.com/2010/02/terminator-rights-sell-for-29-5-mil-24936/ |title='Terminator' Rights Sell for $29.5 Mil |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=August 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830045954/http://deadline.com/2010/02/terminator-rights-sell-for-29-5-mil-24936/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-terminator-auction-idUSTRE6194G520100211|title=U.S. judge OKs "Terminator" sale to hedge fund|last=Dobuzinskis|first=Alex|date=February 10, 2010|work=Reuters|access-date=July 20, 2015}} The deal erased Halcyon's debts to Pacificor and guaranteed Halcyon $5 million for each additional Terminator sequel produced, to pay other outstanding debts.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-feb-10-la-fi-ct-terminator11-2010feb11-story.html|title=Hedge fund Pacificor wins rights to 'Terminator' franchise|last=Fritz|first=Ben|date=February 10, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 20, 2015}} Pacificor sold the franchise again in May 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-terminator-idUSTRE64Q58I20100527 |title=Pacificor hires agency to sell "Terminator" rights |date=May 27, 2010 |work=Reuters |access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-date=February 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215205833/https://www.reuters.com/article/2010/05/27/us-terminator-idUSTRE64Q58I20100527 |url-status=live}}

In August of that year, Hannover House announced plans to develop a 3D animated film titled Terminator 3000.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/terminator-rights-holder-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-kill-proposed-3d-animated-feature-61410/ |title='Terminator' Rights Holder Sends Cease And Desist Letter To Kill Proposed 3D Animated Feature |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 13, 2010 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208164857/http://deadline.com/2010/08/terminator-rights-holder-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-kill-proposed-3d-animated-feature-61410/ |url-status=live }} Pacificor responded with a cease and desist letter, declining a $20–30 million offer from Hannover for the rights to produce the film. In February 2011, Universal Studios considered investing in a fifth Terminator film with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the title role, Fast & Furious director Justin Lin at the helm and Chris Morgan as the screenwriter.{{cite web|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/02/16/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218013012/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/02/16/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |title=Arnold Schwarzenegger Back For 'Terminator 5' With 'Fast Five' Director Justin Lin? |publisher=MTV |date=February 16, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2014}} In late April 2011, a proposed Terminator package, dropping Morgan and adding producer Robert W. Cort, was presented to Universal Studios, Sony, Lionsgate and CBS Films.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/arnold-schwarzenegger-is-back-as-terminator-fast-fives-justin-lin-to-direct-125841/ |title='Terminator' Back With Arnold To Star: Schwarzenegger In Package Shopping Now; 'Fast Five's Justin Lin To Direct |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=September 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902143457/http://deadline.com/2011/04/arnold-schwarzenegger-is-back-as-terminator-fast-fives-justin-lin-to-direct-125841/ |url-status=live }} Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had a 30-day right of first refusal to finance and distribute Terminator 5 since 2006.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/mgm-gunning-for-terminator-1118003571/|title=MGM gunning for 'Terminator'?|work=Variety|date=May 13, 2009|access-date=2009-06-11|first=Michael|last=Fleming|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106210735/https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/mgm-gunning-for-terminator-1118003571/|url-status=live}}

It was eventually picked up by Megan Ellison and her production company, Annapurna Pictures, in May 2011 after they purchased at auction the rights to make at least two more Terminator films.{{cite web |first=Will |last=Chadwick |url=https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/terminator-5-rights-fall-megan-ellison/ |title=Terminator 5 Rights Fall To Megan Ellison |publisher=Wegotthiscovered.com |date=May 13, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061638/http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/terminator-5-rights-fall-megan-ellison/ |url-status=live }} The deal was finalized on December 4, 2012; the final price was reportedly less than the auction pledge because new copyright laws had raised concerns that the rights would revert to Terminator creator James Cameron in 2019. Ellison's brother David and others from his Skydance Productions agreed to co-produce the film.{{cite web|url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/12/04/new-terminator-films-finally-coming |title=New Terminator Films (Finally) Coming – IGN |date=December 4, 2012 |publisher=Uk.ign.com |access-date=April 22, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=105916 |title=New Terminator Trilogy to Begin on June 26, 2015! |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019125149/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=105916 |url-status=dead }} After acquiring the rights to the franchise, Megan Ellison asked Cameron for input on the new film. Cameron met several times with David Ellison, where they discussed Schwarzenegger's role and how to remain true to the T-800 character.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/james-cameron-terminator-genesis-spider-man/#d0lLDvM7FiScxZpx.99 |title=James Cameron Talks TERMINATOR: GENESIS and SPIDER-MAN |publisher=Collider.com |date=June 1, 2014 |access-date=June 20, 2014 |archive-date=June 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622104927/http://collider.com/james-cameron-terminator-genesis-spider-man/#d0lLDvM7FiScxZpx.99 |url-status=live }} Director Justin Lin had to leave the project because of his involvement in Fast & Furious 6.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |url=https://deadline.com/2011/09/fast-schedule-forces-justin-lin-to-exit-terminator-but-he-might-be-back-174016/ |title='Fast' Schedule Forces Justin Lin To Exit 'Terminator', But He Might Be Back |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=September 20, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=November 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128181556/http://deadline.com/2011/09/fast-schedule-forces-justin-lin-to-exit-terminator-but-he-might-be-back-174016/ |url-status=live }} Two screenwriters, Laeta Kalogridis of Shutter Island and Patrick Lussier of Drive Angry, were commissioned to write the screenplay in January 2013. Kalogridis and Lussier turned down the project three times, but Cameron persuaded them to accept it.{{cite web|url=http://creativescreenwriting.com/hell-no-terminator-genisys/|title="Hell No" – Terminator Genisys|last=Bloomenthal|first=Andrew|date=July 16, 2015|publisher=Creative Screenwriting|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-date=August 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821062931/http://creativescreenwriting.com/hell-no-terminator-genisys/|url-status=live}}

Paramount Pictures (which has a financing and distribution deal with Skydance) was confirmed as the distributor in June 2013, when they and the producers announced a release date of June 26, 2015.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/paramount-sets-terminator-relaunch-for-june-26-2015-531446/ |title=New 'Terminator' Movie Release Date – Paramount Gives Reboot 2015 Release |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2015 |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913032652/http://deadline.com/2013/06/paramount-sets-terminator-relaunch-for-june-26-2015-531446/ |url-status=live }} Rian Johnson, Denis Villeneuve and Ang Lee were approached to take over direction from Lin, but Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor was selected in September 2013.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/game-of-thrones-thor-the-dark-world-terminator-1200599988/ |title='Terminator': Alan Taylor of 'Thor,' 'Thrones' to direct |work=Variety |date=September 5, 2013 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |first=Justin |last=Kroll |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107062332/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/game-of-thrones-thor-the-dark-world-terminator-1200599988/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Thor-Dark-World-Alan-Taylor-Direct-Terminator-Reboot-39305.html|title=Thor: The Dark World's Alan Taylor To Direct The Terminator Reboot|last=Eisenberg |first=Eric|date=September 5, 2013|publisher=CinemaBlend.com|access-date=July 16, 2015}} Storyboard artist Jane Wu, Taylor's girlfriend, urged him to turn down the offer after reading the script, insisting him that he should direct something more personal and that he loved, but Taylor was persuaded and tempted with the prospect of working with Schwarzenegger, who impressed him during their meetings and the chance to build on the legacy of Cameron's franchise respectively. Taylor felt that he should direct the film due to his love for the first two Terminator films, believing that he could "fix" the script and make the film work.{{Cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |author-link=James Hibberd (writer) |date=August 12, 2021 |title=Director Alan Taylor's Tortuous Journey to the 'Sopranos' Movie: "The Hardest Job I've Ever Done" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/director-alan-taylor-sopranos-movie-the-many-saints-of-newark-1234995623/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813102805/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/director-alan-taylor-sopranos-movie-the-many-saints-of-newark-1234995623/ |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} In January 2014, Megan Ellison announced that Annapurna was no longer credited on the film; Skydance and Paramount would provide funding and Ellison would be credited as an executive producer.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/annapurna-no-longer-a-financier-on-terminator-genesis-1201068701/ |title=Annapurna No Longer a Financier on 'Terminator: Genesis' |work=Variety |date=January 23, 2014 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |first=Justin |last=Kroll |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331023816/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/annapurna-no-longer-a-financier-on-terminator-genesis-1201068701/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/megan-ellison-wont-fund-terminator-revival-david-ellison-paramount-paying-670380/|title=Megan Ellison Won't Fund 'Terminator' Revival; David Ellison, Paramount Paying|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=January 23, 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 16, 2015|archive-date=July 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707054011/http://deadline.com/2014/01/megan-ellison-wont-fund-terminator-revival-david-ellison-paramount-paying-670380/|url-status=live}}

On June 13, 2013, Schwarzenegger said that he would return for his fourth film as the Terminator.{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2013 |title=Arnold Schwarzenegger Confirms His Terminator 5 Role, Names January Start |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=105448 |access-date=April 22, 2014 |website=ComingSoon.net |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809070037/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=105448 |url-status=dead }} By early November, Garrett Hedlund was under consideration for the role of Kyle Reese and Taylor wanted Tom Hardy to portray John Connor.{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2013 |title=Paging Sarah Connor: Emilia Clarke, Brie Larson to Test for 'Terminator' Reboot |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/terminator-reboot-casting-emilia-clarke-654772 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=January 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108203724/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/terminator-reboot-casting-emilia-clarke-654772 |url-status=live }} That month the choice for Sarah Connor was narrowed to Emilia Clarke, Tatiana Maslany and Brie Larson,{{Cite news |date=November 25, 2013 |title='Star Wars: Episode VII,' 'Batman-Superman' and 3 Other Hot Movies Looking for Stars |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-episode-vii-batman-659568 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-date=November 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128103631/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-episode-vii-batman-659568 |url-status=live }} and Clarke was selected in December.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Emilia Clarke In 'Terminator' – 'Game Of Thrones' Actress To Play Sarah Connor |url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/emilia-clarke-terminator-sarah-connor-role-652256/ |access-date=April 22, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=June 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616214549/http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/emilia-clarke-terminator-sarah-connor-role/ |url-status=live }} Paramount had wanted Larson for the role, but Taylor preferred Emilia Clarke. In December 2013, Jason Clarke, who is not related to Emilia, was in negotiations to play John Connor.{{Cite web |last=Abrams |first=Natalie |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke to Play Sarah Connor in New Terminator Film |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/terminator-emilia-clarke-1074694/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609121925/https://www.tvguide.com/news/terminator-emilia-clarke-1074694/ |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |website=TV Guide}}{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2013 |title=Jason Clarke in Talks to Play John Connor in Terminator: Genesis; Director and Studio at Odds over Actress for Sarah Connor |url=https://collider.com/terminator-reboot-jason-clarke-john-connor/ |access-date=January 2, 2020 |website=Collider |archive-date=January 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105064731/https://collider.com/terminator-reboot-jason-clarke-john-connor/ |url-status=live }} Jason Clarke was David Ellison's first choice for the role. He was impressed by Clarke's performance in Megan Ellison's film Zero Dark Thirty (2012).{{Cite web |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |date=June 26, 2015 |title=Interview: Skydance Heads David Ellison and Dana Goldberg Talk Future of Terminator, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, Top Gun 2 and More (page 4) |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/skydance-interview-david-ellison-dana-goldberg/4 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |website=/Film |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102211834/https://www.slashfilm.com/skydance-interview-david-ellison-dana-goldberg/4 |url-status=live }} In February 2014, the studio considered Jai Courtney and Boyd Holbrook as Reese,{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |date=February 10, 2014 |title='Terminator Genesis': Between Jai Courtney, Boyd Holbrook For Kyle Reese Role? |url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/terminator-genesis-between-jai-courtney-boyd-holbrook-for-kyle-reese-role-680798/ |access-date=April 22, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} and later that month Courtney was confirmed for the role.{{Cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=February 19, 2014 |title=Jai Courtney to Play Kyle Reese in 'Terminator' Reboot (EXCLUSIVE) |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/terminator-kyle-reese-jai-courtney-1200827966/ |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201451/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/terminator-kyle-reese-jai-courtney-1200827966/ |url-status=live }} J. K. Simmons began talks for the role of Detective O'Brien in March. According to late-March announcements, Dayo Okeniyi would play Danny Dyson{{Cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=March 28, 2014 |title='Hunger Games' Actor to Play Miles Dyson's Son in 'Terminator' (EXCLUSIVE) |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/hunger-games-miles-dysons-terminator-reboot-1201149638/ |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820043727/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/hunger-games-miles-dysons-terminator-reboot-1201149638/ |url-status=live }} and Lee Byung-hun, Michael Gladis and Sandrine Holt joined the cast (Lee in a key role).{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2014 |title='G.I. Joe,' 'Mad Men' and 'House of Cards' Actors Join 'Terminator: Genesis' (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/gi-joe-mad-men-house-692427 |access-date=April 22, 2014}} Matt Smith was confirmed as a cast member in May,{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |date=March 28, 2014 |title='Dr. Who' Matt Smith Joins 'Terminator' Trilogy In Major Role |url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/matt-smith-terminator-major-role-doctor-who-723039/ |access-date=May 2, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} followed by Douglas Smith in June.{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2014 |title=Douglas Smith Joins 'Terminator' Reboot & 'Evan's Crime'; 'Longmire's Bailey Chase To 'Kill For Me' |url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/douglas-smith-terminator-genesis-evans-crime-bailey-chase-kill-for-me-802330/ |access-date=July 12, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810210217/http://deadline.com/2014/07/douglas-smith-terminator-genesis-evans-crime-bailey-chase-kill-for-me-802330/ |url-status=live }}

The film's producers, David Ellison and Dana Goldberg, worked with writers Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier to devise the story.{{cite web |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |title=Interview: Skydance Heads David Ellison and Dana Goldberg Talk Future of Terminator, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, Top Gun 2 and More |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/skydance-interview-david-ellison-dana-goldberg |website=/Film |access-date=January 2, 2020 |date=June 26, 2015 |archive-date=August 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801173752/https://www.slashfilm.com/skydance-interview-david-ellison-dana-goldberg/ |url-status=live }} Kalogridis and Lussier were invited to write the script while they worked on another project with Ellison and Goldberg. They agreed to write a Terminator film when Cameron, a friend of Kalogridis who worked with her in Avatar, gave it his blessing.

The starting point of the script was to retain Schwarzenegger as a central character, unlike the Star Trek reboot with Leonard Nimoy as an older Spock in a minor role. They had to write in the actor (now 67 years old) and followed a suggestion by Cameron that the Terminator's living-tissue exterior was vulnerable to aging and their idea of Skynet sending a Terminator after an infant Sarah Connor. Kalogridis and Lussier extended this to the core characters of Kyle, Sarah and John Connor, despite each being from a different time period.

Although the writers reportedly enjoyed Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, they opted to escape its suggestion that Judgment Day is inevitable because of a causal loop in favor of all Terminator timelines existing simultaneously in a multiverse. To map out the timelines and plot, Kalogridis and Lussier had five whiteboards "covering every wall in the office". They eventually reached a central plot thread in which the Skynet of one universe, defeated in several timelines, sent the T-5000 to the Genisys timeline hoping to defeat the humans by "having the best weapon that humans have": John Connor. The first draft of the screenplay, to attract a director, was delivered in July 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/culture/873983-exclusive-terminator-genisys-screenwriters-reveal-big-secret#S69fldlY16wsSpau.99|last=Bibbiani |first=William |date=July 2, 2015 |title=Interview: 'Terminator Genisys' Screenwriters Reveal a Big Secret |work=CraveOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215195855/http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/873983-exclusive-terminator-genisys-screenwriters-reveal-big-secret |archive-date=December 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/terminator-genisys/247414/terminator-genisys-writers-we-have-unanswered-questions|title=Terminator Genisys Writers: 'We Have Unanswered Questions'|work=Den of Geek|date=July 3, 2015|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906142520/http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/terminator-genisys/247414/terminator-genisys-writers-we-have-unanswered-questions|url-status=live}} Few changes were made to the script from that point onward. One expansive scene that was removed from the final script would have explained what Sarah Connor's life was like with Pops.

The film is inspired by the first two Terminator films from Cameron – The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day – while largely ignoring the two subsequent films that came before Genisys.{{cite web |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |title=40 Things We Learned on the Set of 'Terminator: Genisys' |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/terminator-gensys-set-visit/ |website=/Film |access-date=July 25, 2019 |date=March 25, 2015 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725181744/https://www.slashfilm.com/terminator-gensys-set-visit/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title='Terminator: Genisys' Set Visit Report - The Start of a New Beginning |url=https://screenrant.com/terminator-genisys-5-set-visit-spoilers-schwarzenegger/ |work=ScreenRant |date=March 25, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2019}} Concepts from the second movie, such as the T-1000, are featured, but its events are disregarded; the 2029 that is depicted in Genisys is one in which the attack on the Cyberdyne building either had no effect on Skynet's development or did not happen at all, as August 29, 1997 is still the date of Judgment Day in that timeline. David Ellison described the film and its intended film trilogy as standalone projects based on Cameron's original Terminator films. Ellison said the film is neither a sequel or a prequel to previous Terminator films, saying "For us this is Terminator 1, this is not Terminator 5". A Skydance executive said, "It's not a traditional remake, nor is it a continuation or a sequel, nor is it exactly a reboot. In a sense, it's a reimagining".{{cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Max |title=Terminator Genisys: Reboot, Sequel or Something Else? |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/05/terminator-genisys-reboot-sequel-or-something-else |work=IGN |date=December 4, 2014 |access-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725181745/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/05/terminator-genisys-reboot-sequel-or-something-else |url-status=live }}

The film features seven different time periods, with 1984 and 2017 being the primary setting for the story. Taylor said the film's storyline would be more complex in comparison to the original two films because of its time-travel aspect.{{cite news |last=Woerner |first=Meredith |title=I Stared Into The Red Eye Of The T-800 On The Terminator: Genisys Set |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/i-stared-into-the-red-eye-of-the-t-800-on-the-terminato-1693524469 |work=io9 |date=March 25, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725181744/https://io9.gizmodo.com/i-stared-into-the-red-eye-of-the-t-800-on-the-terminato-1693524469 |url-status=live }} He also described the original Terminator film as a love story and the second as a father/son story and said that Genisys would be a combination of the two ideas, including a focus on the aspect of a dysfunctional family.{{cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Max |title=Terminator Genisys Set Visit: Arnie's Back |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/25/terminator-genisys-set-visit-arnies-back |work=IGN |date=March 25, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725181747/https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/25/terminator-genisys-set-visit-arnies-back |url-status=live }} David Ellison said the film was inspired by the idea of technological singularity, stating that in reality, humans are addicted to technology "to the point where it's easy to imagine a world where Skynet has infiltrated every single aspect of your life, and you didn't fight it - you invited it in."{{cite news |last=Lambie |first=Ryan |title=Visiting the set of Terminator Genisys |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/terminator-genesis/246839/visiting-the-set-of-terminator-genisys |work=Den of Geek |date=June 9, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2019}}

Principal photography began on April 21, 2014, in New Orleans.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=117386 |title=Cameras Roll on Terminator: Genesis! |date=April 21, 2014 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |access-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-date=April 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421234322/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=117386 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news| url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/04/terminator_genesis_begins_shoo.html |title='Terminator: Genesis' begins shooting today in New Orleans |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |date=April 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913234517/https://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/04/terminator_genesis_begins_shoo.html |archive-date=September 13, 2014}} The film shot under the code name Vista, a possible reference to the Terminator's "hasta la vista" line in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The first unit shot the film over a total of 90 days, in high definition. An early sequence from The Terminator is recreated in Terminator Genisys, in which Kyle Reese and a T-800 arrive in 1984 from the future. Because the original film was owned by a different company, the filmmakers did not have the rights to use its opening sequence in Terminator Genisys and instead had to recreate the scenes.{{cite news |last=Bishop |first=Brian |title=How the director of Terminator Genisys recreated James Cameron's 1984; 'The best compliment would be a lawsuit.' |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/2/8874735/terminator-genisys-movie-director-alan-taylor-interview |work=The Verge |date=July 2, 2015 |access-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724065000/https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/2/8874735/terminator-genisys-movie-director-alan-taylor-interview |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Reyes |first=Mike |title=Why Terminator Genisys Couldn't Use Any Footage From The Original Films |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Terminator-Genisys-Couldn-t-Use-Any-Footage-From-Original-Films-72237.html |work=CinemaBlend |date=2015 |access-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729165802/https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Terminator-Genisys-Couldn-t-Use-Any-Footage-From-Original-Films-72237.html |url-status=live }} In addition, Taylor explained that the original footage would not look right with the rest of the film due to its grain quality. The sequence was shot within the first two weeks of filming. The T-800's arrival in 1984 takes place at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, a location that was recreated as a set in New Orleans.

To authentically recreate one of the scenes, costume designer Susan Matheson had Nike produce new pairs of discontinued Nike Vandal sneakers for Courtney to wear.{{cite news |last=Woerner |first=Meredith |title=Terminator Genisys Got Nike To Remake Kyle Reese's Sneakers |url=http://io9.com/terminator-genisys-got-nike-to-remake-kyle-reeses-sneak-1667369939 |work=io9 |date=December 5, 2014 |access-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-date=November 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113205800/http://io9.com/terminator-genisys-got-nike-to-remake-kyle-reeses-sneak-1667369939 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Max |title=Nike Remade Kyle Reese's Sneakers for Terminator Genisys |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/09/nike-remade-kyle-reeses-sneakers-for-terminator-genisys |work=IGN |date=December 9, 2014 |access-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725181746/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/09/nike-remade-kyle-reeses-sneakers-for-terminator-genisys |url-status=live }} Matheson had initially searched for a pair of the sneakers, but the ones that she came across did not look new enough for the scene. Matheson eventually spoke to Paramount, which convinced Nike to produce 25 pairs of Vandal sneakers for the film. For certain scenes, the production tried to match the cinematography of the first two Terminator films. Scenes set in 1984 favored blue, green and black tones to match the look of The Terminator and those set during the future war against the machines were modeled after similar scenes in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.{{cite web |url=http://au.ibtimes.com/terminator-genisys-will-match-colour-tone-first-two-movies-report-1414114 |title='Terminator: Genisys' Will Match The Colour And Tone Of The First Two Movies—Report |work=International Business Times |date=January 25, 2015 |access-date=January 24, 2015 |archive-date=January 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126012158/http://au.ibtimes.com/terminator-genisys-will-match-colour-tone-first-two-movies-report-1414114 |url-status=live }} For the future soldiers, arm and shoulder pieces were made of rubber car mats which had been cut up and aged to simulate makeshift armor that the soldiers had salvaged. Legacy Effects, successor to Stan Winston Studio, created the Terminator robotic and make-up effects, led by John Rosengrant (who worked on the previous four Terminator films). Jeff Dawn, lead make-up artist for the first three installments, did not return.{{cite web |url=http://www.thearnoldfans.com/news/2014/3/10/exclusive-original-terminator-endo-crew-joins-genesis-cast.html |title=Exclusive: Original Terminator Endo Crew Joins "Genesis" Cast! |publisher=TheArnoldFans |date=March 10, 2014 |access-date=December 4, 2014 |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208214716/http://www.thearnoldfans.com/news/2014/3/10/exclusive-original-terminator-endo-crew-joins-genesis-cast.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.scified.com/site/terminator-news/legacy-effects-to-return-for-terminator-genesis |title=Legacy Effects To Return For Terminator Genesis! |publisher=Scified |date=March 11, 2014 |access-date=December 4, 2014 |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208054217/http://www.scified.com/site/terminator-news/legacy-effects-to-return-for-terminator-genesis |url-status=dead }}

To prepare for his role, Jason Clarke observed Edward Furlong's performance as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.{{cite news |title='Terminator Genisys': Jason Clarke is a Different Type of John Connor |url=https://screenrant.com/terminator-5-genisys-jason-clarke-interview/ |work=ScreenRant |date=March 25, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2019}} For a scene in which John Connor delivers a motivational speech to his troops, Jason Clarke referred to passages from Hamlet, Henry V and a Steve Jobs speech.{{cite magazine |last=Sperling |first=Nicole |title='Terminator Genisys': Jason Clarke on his version of John Connor |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/06/26/terminator-genisys-jason-clarke-john-connor/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729165801/https://ew.com/article/2015/06/26/terminator-genisys-jason-clarke-john-connor/ |url-status=live }} Courtney watched the previous Terminator films for context and inspiration, but did not seek to replicate the performances of actors who portrayed Kyle Reese in those films. Courtney and Emilia Clarke underwent physical training to prepare for their roles.{{cite news |title=Terminator Genisys: Emilia Clarke on Sarah Connor's Legacy & Physique |url=https://screenrant.com/terminator-5-genisys-emilia-clarke-sarah-connor/ |work=ScreenRant |date=March 25, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725181757/https://screenrant.com/terminator-5-genisys-emilia-clarke-sarah-connor/ |url-status=live }} Courtney had to slim down his physique to appear less imposing.{{cite news |last=Roach |first=Vicky |title=Why Terminator: Genisys star Jai Courtney needs two weeks' notice to take his shirt off in front of the camera |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/why-terminator-genisys-star-jai-courtney-needs-two-weeks-notice-to-take-his-shirt-off-in-front-of-the-camera/news-story/6e392980884381c99e3f9c3830cb99b7 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=June 28, 2015}}{{cite news |last=Stephenson |first=Alison |title=Jai Courtney on how the line between actor and athlete is becoming increasingly blurred |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/new-movies/jai-courtney-on-how-the-line-between-actor-and-athlete-is-becoming-increasingly-blurred/news-story/0f4b351ed5505cc66cc84ba152f4440e |access-date=January 2, 2020 |work=News.com.au |date=July 2, 2015}} Clarke also went through training for scenes involving weapons and stunts and had to change her hair color for the role. Clarke, who is from the UK, adopted an American accent. One scene is shot as a flashback to the 1970s, during which young Sarah Connor is played by Taylor's 11-year-old daughter,{{cite news |last=Yamato |first=Jen |title=Just Go with It: 'Terminator: Genisys' Director Alan Taylor Knows His Movie Makes No Damn Sense |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/terminator-genisys-director-alan-taylor-knows-his-movie-makes-no-damn-sense |work=The Daily Beast |date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216205654/https://www.thedailybeast.com/terminator-genisys-director-alan-taylor-knows-his-movie-makes-no-damn-sense |url-status=live }} Willa Taylor.{{cite news |title=Terminator Genisys (2015) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/559ef26199220 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310134748/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/559ef26199220 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2017 |work=British Film Institute |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

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Filming in New Orleans included NASA'S Michoud Assembly Facility, where a set was constructed to portray part of the Cyberdyne facility's interior, as well as its time machine. Michoud was the only location in Louisiana tall enough to contain the set. Filming took place there during July 2014. The Oracle Corporation headquarters in Redwood City served as the exterior of Cyberdyne; Oracle was founded by the Ellisons' father, Larry.{{cite web|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/08/06/arnold-schwarzenegger-wraps-up-production-on-new-terminator-film/|title=Arnold Schwarzenegger Wraps Up Production On New 'Terminator' Film|author=Del Rosario, R.|date=August 6, 2014|publisher=CBS|access-date=July 8, 2015}}{{cite web|last=Acuna|first=Kirsten|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/terminator-genisys-cyberdyne-based-on-oracle-2015-7|title='Terminator Genisys' based Cyberdyne on Oracle |date=July 1, 2015|work=Business Insider|access-date=July 8, 2015}} Filming at the Oracle headquarters, including interior scenes, took place at the end of July 2014.{{cite news |title='Terminator: Genesis' begins filming at Oracle headquarters |url=https://abc7news.com/entertainment/terminator-genesis-begins-filming-at-oracle-hq/225225/|access-date=September 11, 2019|work=ABC7News.com |date=July 28, 2014}}{{cite news |last=Del Rosario |first=R. |title='Terminator: Genesis' Filming at Oracle Headquarters |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/07/29/terminator-genesis-filming-at-oracle-headquarters/ |access-date=September 11, 2019 |work=CBS |date=July 29, 2014 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111232448/https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/07/29/terminator-genesis-filming-at-oracle-headquarters/ |url-status=live }}

In early August 2014, filming took place at the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Scenes involving cable cars and stunt automobiles were shot on San Francisco's California Street from the night of August 4 to the early hours of August 5, 2014. Because of the late-night filming, the production team had to receive approval from residents and business owners in the area; nearly 99 percent of them approved the shoot. Filming would also take place on Mission Street, in which extras flee from a threat which would be added in later through computer-generated technology. The scenes would depict chaotic city scenes. Subtle action scenes were also scheduled to continue at the Golden Gate Bridge.{{cite news |title=S.F. 'Terminator' movie filming: lights, camera and lots of action |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/S-F-Terminator-movie-filming-lights-camera-5670572.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 6, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite news |last=Aleaziz |first=Hamed |title=Fifth 'Terminator' now filming in San Francisco |url=https://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/08/04/fifth-terminator-now-filming-in-san-francisco/ |work=SFGate.com |date=August 4, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729165803/https://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/08/04/fifth-terminator-now-filming-in-san-francisco/ |url-status=live }} One scene features a school bus that is flipped through the air while driving on the Golden Gate Bridge. A 500-foot-long replica of the bridge was built in New Orleans for the shot involving the bus flip, something that was done without visual effects. Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects was called in to fabricate and build the Police AS350 and Coast Guard A109 helicopter mock-ups for the production.{{cite journal|journal=Cinefex|date=October 2015|number=143|title=[Unknown]}}

On August 6, 2014, it was announced that filming had concluded and that the official title would be Terminator Genisys rather than Terminator Genesis.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=121542 |title=Terminator Reboot Wraps Production, Officially Titled Terminator Genisys |date=August 6, 2014 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |access-date=August 6, 2014 |archive-date=August 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806172514/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=121542 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/terminator-genisys-arnold-schwarzenegger/|title='Terminator Genisys' Is Official Title of Terminator 5; Arnold Schwarzenegger Tweets Announcement Photo|date=August 6, 2014|access-date=August 6, 2014|publisher=/Film|archive-date=August 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808214519/http://www.slashfilm.com/terminator-genisys-arnold-schwarzenegger/|url-status=live}} Ellison later said about the film's Genisys title, "It didn't work. The actual thought process behind it was, we were kind of playing on words a la Google. And it's in reference to genesis, which is in reference to the singularity and the man-machine hybrid that John Connor ends up beginning. Also, if you pronounce it a different way it signals a new beginning. So it was kind of a play on words and it did not come across that way."{{cite news |last=Woerner |first=Meredith |title=Why was 'Terminator Genisys' spelled with a 'Y'? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-terminator-genisys-20150702-story.html |access-date=September 11, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 3, 2015 |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021144729/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-terminator-genisys-20150702-story.html |url-status=live }} At one point during post-production, the mid-credits scene was included at the end of the film, before the credits. Taylor decided to make it a mid-credits scene after getting reactions from test audiences.{{cite web |last=Eisenberg |first=Eric |title=Terminator Genisys Post-Credits Scene: What Happens, And What It Means |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Terminator-Genisys-Post-Credits-Scene-What-Happens-What-It-Means-72377.html |website=CinemaBlend |access-date=January 10, 2020 |date=July 2, 2015}}

Visual-effects supervisor Janek Sirrs oversaw approximately 1,200 visual-effects shots generated at Double Negative, Moving Picture Company (MPC), Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lola VFX, One of Us and Method Studios.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinefex.com/next_issue.htm|title=Next Issue|last=Shay|first=Gregg|work=Cinefex|access-date=July 23, 2015|archive-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723140915/http://www.cinefex.com/next_issue.htm|url-status=dead}} Double Negative was the lead company, with 900 shots which included the T-1000, T-5000 and T-3000 Terminators, the helicopter and bus-chase scenes and the Cyberdyne explosion. The complexity of the T-3000, which had to be shown as a living mass of nanomites with the ability to transform in successive layers, required as much as 20 hours to render a single frame. The mechanical cells aimed to resemble the material on stealth aircraft, with a result described as "more matte than metal" and resembling a slightly-iridescent ceramic carbon. Since the T-3000 was a man transformed into a robot, the design aimed for a human shape streamlined for better combat efficiency. The T-1000 was built from fluid simulations, their environments filmed with high-resolution cameras to ensure proper reflection. Its acid destruction was realistically depicted after studies of acids burning aluminum ingots and other metal. Double Negative's artists shot many reference plates of San Francisco, including scans of the Golden Gate Bridge, to ensure that the city was recreated properly in the bus and helicopter chases.{{cite web|url=http://www.fxguide.com/featured/terminator-new-makes-new-models-new-vfx/|title=Terminator: New makes. New models. New VFX.|publisher=FX Guide|first=Ian|last=Failes|date=July 5, 2015|access-date=July 23, 2015|archive-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723075129/http://www.fxguide.com/featured/terminator-new-makes-new-models-new-vfx/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2015/July-1-2015/Summer-Movies-Terminator-Genisys.aspx|title=Summer Movies: 'Terminator Genisys'|work=Post Magazine|first=Marc|last=Loftus|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=July 23, 2015}}

MPC's most elaborate effect was the digital recreation of the original Terminator, which required 12 months for 35 shots (completed 30 minutes before the final print was submitted to the studio). Performance capture was used only for facial animation, since Schwarzenegger was scanned reading his lines. The studio's artists studied archive footage of the actor, focusing mainly on The Terminator and Pumping Iron and were given a 1984 plaster cast of him. On set, the fight between both Terminators had Schwarzenegger and Brett Azar (a bodybuilder chosen for his resemblance to the actor in 1984) and, in more dangerous scenes, Azar and a stunt double—requiring effects artists to replace the face of Pops.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/terminator-genisys-a-cg-schwarzenegger-806508|title='Terminator: Genisys:' A CG Schwarzenegger Is the Latest in Hollywood's Work Toward Digital Humans|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 2, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124182925/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/terminator-genisys-a-cg-schwarzenegger-806508|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/01/terminator-genisys-building-young-arnold|title=Terminator Genisys: Re-creating 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger for the summer's coolest fight scene|work=EW.com| first=Nicole|last=Sperling|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=October 11, 2019}} MPC also handled the future battle, with set extensions and Skynet robots and vehicles based on models by Legacy Effects. ILM did the opening scene – in which San Francisco is wiped out on Judgment Day, inspired by the Los Angeles nuclear destruction in Terminator 2: Judgment Day – and the Terminator vision. For the IMAX 3D release, the film was remastered with IMAX DMR technology to create 3D effects and a high-resolution film print.{{cite news|title=Terminator Genisys to be Released in IMAX Globally Starting July 1|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/411443-terminator-genisys-to-be-released-in-imax-globally-starting-july-1|date=February 19, 2015|work=ComingSoon.net|access-date=July 2, 2015}}

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Christophe Beck was initially hired to score the film, but was replaced by Lorne Balfe.{{cite web |title=Christophe Beck to Score 'Terminator: Genisys |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/12/02/christophe-beck-to-score-terminator-genisys/ |website=Film Music Reporter |access-date=24 February 2022 |date=2 December 2014 |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224093346/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/12/02/christophe-beck-to-score-terminator-genisys/ |url-status=live }} Hans Zimmer joined in as an executive music producer. Balfe aimed to create a soundtrack which stood in its own, since Terminator Genisys is "not a prequel and not a sequel", incorporating Brad Fiedel's iconic theme in The Terminator, as it had "a nod to the past but also bring it into the future."{{cite journal|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/41966/20150701/exclusive-interview-terminator-genisys-composer-lorne-balfe-talks-2015-movie.htm|title='Terminator Genisys' Composer Lorne Balfe Talks 2015 Movie Score & More!|author=Niles, Jon|date=July 1, 2015|journal=Music Times|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906015345/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/41966/20150701/exclusive-interview-terminator-genisys-composer-lorne-balfe-talks-2015-movie.htm|url-status=live}} The soundtrack was released by Paramount Music and Skydance Media on June 17, 2015.{{cite web |date=June 17, 2015 |title=Terminator Genisys (Music from the Motion Picture) |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/terminator-genisys-music-from-the-motion-picture/1012086990 |publisher=iTunes Store |access-date=June 29, 2015 |archive-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703163212/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/terminator-genisys-music-from/id1012086990 |url-status=live }} Chinese pop singer Jane Zhang (in her first English-language recording) and hip hop artist Big Sean (in his musical feature film debut) contributed "Fighting Shadows", released by Def Jam Recordings on June 30, 2015, as a soundtrack bonus track.{{cite web |date=July 3, 2015 |title=Fighting Shadows (From "Terminator Genisys") [feat. Big Sean] – Single |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/fighting-shadows-from-terminator/1012121257 |publisher=iTunes Store |access-date=July 6, 2015 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017030134/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fighting-shadows-from-terminator/id1012121257 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=New Music: Jane Zhang feat. Big Sean – 'Fighting Shadows'|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2015/06/30/new-music-jane-zhang-big-sean-fighting-shadows/|website=Rap-Up.com|access-date=July 9, 2015|archive-date=July 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704005529/http://www.rap-up.com/2015/06/30/new-music-jane-zhang-big-sean-fighting-shadows/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jane Zhang and Big Sean Record Original Song for 'Terminator Genisys'|url=http://www.eurweb.com/2015/06/jane-zhang-and-big-sean-record-original-song-for-terminator-genisys|website=EURweb|date=June 17, 2015 |quote=The partnership represents the first time that Zhang has recorded a song for an English-language film and marks Big Sean's musical debut for a feature film.|access-date=June 17, 2015}}

Photos of the cast were shot by Entertainment Weekly and published in October 2014, providing a first look at the film's characters. The photos received various criticism.{{cite web |last1=Fischer |first1=Ross |title='Terminator: Genisys' Cast Squints at the Future in First Official Images |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/terminator-genisys-cast/ |website=/Film |access-date=January 10, 2020 |date=October 29, 2014 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614125645/https://www.slashfilm.com/terminator-genisys-cast/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Hall |first=Jacob |title=New 'Terminator: Genisys' Images Will Not Make You Feel Good About This Movie |url=https://screencrush.com/new-terminator-genisys-images/ |website=ScreenCrush |access-date=January 10, 2020 |date=October 30, 2014}}{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Sean |title=The Theme Of These Terminator: Genisys Pictures Is Apparently O-Face |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Theme-Terminator-Genisys-Pictures-Apparently-O-Face-67968.html |website=CinemaBlend |access-date=January 10, 2020 |date=October 30, 2014}}{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Mike |title=No, 'Terminator: Genisys' Director Alan Taylor Doesn't Like That Spoilerish Trailer, Either |url=https://uproxx.com/movies/terminator-genisys-alan-taylor/ |website=Uproxx |access-date=January 10, 2020 |date=June 29, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906121413/http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/06/terminator-genisys-alan-taylor/ |url-status=live }} On December 2, 2014, Paramount released the film's first motion poster, showing a T-800 disintegrating into dust before the logo appeared. A preview trailer was released the following day, with brief clips from the film accompanied by "I'd Love to Change the World" by Jetta. Differing from past Terminator releases, the preview had forced-looking camera motion in aerial-effect scenes and a first look at the color grading used to evoke the look of past films. The full trailer debuted on December 4.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/388197-motion-poster-for-terminator-genisys-debuts-trailer-coming-thursday |title=Motion poster debuts, trailer coming Thursday|publisher=ComingSoon.net |first=Spencer| last= Perry|date=December 2, 2014 | access-date=December 2, 2014}} A second trailer (released in April 2015) was noted for spoiling the scene in which John Connor becomes a Terminator,{{cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |title='Terminator Genisys': Does the Big Twist Blow Up the Franchise? (Analysis) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/terminator-genisys-does-big-twist-788376 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 10, 2020 |date=April 13, 2015 |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025090556/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/terminator-genisys-does-big-twist-788376 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Zakarin |first=Jordan |title=This Twist in the New 'Terminator: Genisys' Trailer Changes Everything |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/terminator-genisys-trailer-john-connor-twist-116318782217.html |website=Yahoo |access-date=January 10, 2020 |date=April 13, 2015 |archive-date=May 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524043550/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/terminator-genisys-trailer-john-connor-twist-116318782217.html |url-status=live }} a decision criticized by Alan Taylor and the writers.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/terminator-genisys-director-trailer-spoilers-806005|title='Terminator: Genisys' Director on Trailer Spoilers: "I Had a Few Unpleasant Conversations"|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 30, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108164252/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/terminator-genisys-director-trailer-spoilers-806005|url-status=live}}

At the WWE pay-per-view event WrestleMania 31, the film was promoted with an elaborate entrance stage for wrestler Triple H. On the stage, Triple H donning a Terminator outfit and a video played of Schwarzenegger saying: "Judgment Day is here. It's time to play the game."{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/30/wrestler-triple-hs-terminator-entrance-is-just-that-bit-better-with-added-arnold-schwarzenegger-5127009/ |title=Wrestler Triple H's 'Terminator' entrance is just that bit better with added Arnold Schwarzenegger |author=Westbrook, Caroline |work=Metro |date=March 30, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2015 |archive-date=March 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331025410/http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/30/wrestler-triple-hs-terminator-entrance-is-just-that-bit-better-with-added-arnold-schwarzenegger-5127009/ |url-status=live }} Several brands were promotional partners.{{cite web|url=http://brandchannel.com/2015/06/26/terminator-product-placement-062615/|title=Terminator Genisys Continues Hollywood Product Placement Trend|first=Abe|last=Sauer|date=June 26, 2015|work=brandchannel.com|access-date=January 21, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001031/http://brandchannel.com/2015/06/26/terminator-product-placement-062615/|url-status=dead}}

On June 14, Schwarzenegger visited Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton for an advance screening of Terminator Genisys.[http://timesofsandiego.com/military/2015/06/14/marines-chant-arnold-arnold-at-genisys-premiere/ Marines Chant 'Arnold, Arnold' at 'Genisys' Premiere], Times of San Diege, Chris Stone Two days later, Waze added Schwarzenegger's Terminator voice as a voice-navigation option.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/06/14/arnold-schwarzenegger-waze-terminator-voice-app-terminator-genisys/71124570/|title=Exclusive: Arnold Schwarzenegger voices Waze as the Terminator| first=Bryan| last=Alexander |date=June 14, 2015|work=USA Today}} Schwarzenegger released a video that day of himself walking around Hollywood dressed as the Terminator and posing as a wax model at Madame Tussauds Hollywood. The video promoted a fundraising contest to benefit the After-School All-Stars which would bring selected donors to the Terminator Genisys premiere.{{cite news|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/2193914/terminator-genisys-arnold-schwarzenegger-pranks-the-public-for-charity-video/|title='Terminator Genisys': Arnold Schwarzenegger Pranks The Public For Charity [Video]|date=June 22, 2015|access-date=June 27, 2015|work=Inquisitr.com|publisher=Inquisitr, Ltd|archive-date=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627205002/http://www.inquisitr.com/2193914/terminator-genisys-arnold-schwarzenegger-pranks-the-public-for-charity-video/|url-status=live}}

Several YouTubers appeared with Schwarzenegger in a YouTube miniseries, Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles, produced by Heresy and released on June 22.{{cite news|title=YouTube Stars Debut 'Terminator' Web Series With Arnold Schwarzenegger|publisher=Tubefilter|last=Brouwer|first=Bree|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/06/22/terminator-genisys-youtube-chronicles-arnold-schwarzenegger/|date=June 22, 2015|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605001625/https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/06/22/terminator-genisys-youtube-chronicles-arnold-schwarzenegger/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=YouTube Stars Participate In 'Terminator'-Themed Campaign With Arnold Schwarzenegger At YouTube Space LA|publisher=Tubefilter|last=Brouwer|first=Bree|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/04/10/youtube-space-la-terminator-campaign-olga-kay-superwoman/|date=April 10, 2015|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605000052/https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/04/10/youtube-space-la-terminator-campaign-olga-kay-superwoman/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3933356/terminator-genisys-youtube-stars-360-virtual-reality/ |title=See What It's Like to Hunt Down YouTube Stars as Terminator With This Virtual Reality 360 Video|magazine=Time |access-date=June 28, 2015|first=Helen|last=Regan|date=June 24, 2015}} Consisting of videos uploaded by Machinima, Lilly Singh and Toby Turner (who also plays the T-360, a similar model of the T-1000), the series also included Eliot Dewberry, Ricky Hayberg, Olga Kay, Sean Klitzner, Lloyd Ahlquist and Matthew Santoro.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZLTS4u9M_2rIL6wRYh9RxVAR5hd7SF_4 |title=Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles |via=YouTube |date=June 22, 2015 |access-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-date=December 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205045120/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZLTS4u9M_2rIL6wRYh9RxVAR5hd7SF_4 |url-status=live }} The series was directed by Charles Paek and written by Jay Bushman. On June 24, Schwarzenegger spoke to attendees of an early fan screening of the movie in New York City (announced on Reddit), which was followed by an interview and selfie session.{{cite news|first=Kirsten|last=Acuna|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-genisys-fan-screening-2015-6?r=US|title=Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up to a fan screening for the next 'Terminator' movie and took a selfie with everyone in the theater|date=June 25, 2015|access-date=June 28, 2015|work=Business Insider|archive-date=September 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928213825/https://www.businessinsider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-genisys-fan-screening-2015-6?r=US|url-status=live}}

Terminator Genisys saw its European premiere in Berlin, on June 21, 2015,{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-terminator-genisys-idUKKBN0P215H20150622|title=He's back: Schwarzenegger reprises role in 'Terminator Genisys'|date=June 22, 2015|work=Reuters.com|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143351/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-terminator-genisys-idUKKBN0P215H20150622|url-status=live}} and had its North American premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood one week later, on June 28.{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2015/scene/vpage/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-genisys-premiere-1201530500/| first=Reece| last=Ristau| title=Arnold Schwarzenegger's Back in Hollywood With 'Terminator Genisys' Premiere| work=Variety| date=June 29, 2015| access-date=October 11, 2019| archive-date=August 11, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811080515/https://variety.com/2015/scene/vpage/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-genisys-premiere-1201530500/| url-status=live}} The film was first released in ten markets on June 25; the following week, it was released in 35 countries (including the United States){{cite web| url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-ted-2-jurassic-world-minions-inside-out-1201460765/| title='Terminator: Genisys' Bows To $8.3M; 'Jurassic World' Adds $82.5M In International BO| first1=Nancy| last1=Tartaglione| website=Deadline Hollywood| date=June 29, 2015| access-date=April 17, 2020| archive-date=June 30, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630212719/http://deadline.com/2015/06/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-ted-2-jurassic-world-minions-inside-out-1201460765/| url-status=live}} in regular, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats.{{Cite web|url=https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/terminator-genisys-bring-judgement-day-imax-july/|title=Terminator: Genisys To Get The IMAX Treatment|first=Michael|last=Briers|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509122952/https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/terminator-genisys-bring-judgement-day-imax-july/|url-status=live}} On July 26 the film was playing in 64 countries outside North America,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/international-box-office-pixels-ant-man-minions-inside-out-monster-hunt-terminator-genisys-bhajrangi-bhaijaan-grosses-1201485296/|title='Minions', 'Ant-Man' Grow In Actuals; 'Pixels' Powered By Latin America – Intl B.O. Final|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=(Penske Media Corporation)|date=July 27, 2015|access-date=July 28, 2015|archive-date=July 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727003321/https://deadline.com/2015/07/international-box-office-pixels-ant-man-minions-inside-out-monster-hunt-terminator-genisys-bhajrangi-bhaijaan-grosses-1201485296/|url-status=live}} and was released in China on August 23, 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/terminator-genisys-gets-china-release-810285|title='Terminator: Genisys' Gets China Release Date as Blackout Nears End|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=(Prometheus Global Media)|date=July 21, 2015|access-date=July 22, 2015|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107034150/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/terminator-genisys-gets-china-release-810285|url-status=live}}

The film was released for digital download on October 20, 2015, and was released by Paramount Home Entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on November 10. Terminator Genisys debuted as the bestselling Blu-ray and the most-rented film of the week and was second in overall home-video sales to Inside Out.{{cite web|title='Inside Out' Remains Atop Disc Sales, Edged by 'Terminator' on Blu-ray Chart|date=November 18, 2015| last=Arnold| first=Thomas K.| url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/inside-out-remains-atop-disc-sales-edged-terminator-blu-ray-chart-37066|work =Home Media Magazine |access-date=December 1, 2015}} It has grossed over $25.1 million in total domestic video sales, bringing the film's gross to $465.3 million.{{Cite The Numbers|title=Terminator Genisys|id=Terminator-Genisys|access-date=February 16, 2021}} A 4K UHD Blu-ray release occurred on June 12, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/58156/terminatorgenisys4kultrahdbluray.html|title=High Def Digest {{!}} Blu-ray and Games News and Reviews in High Definition|website=ultrahd.highdefdigest.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-07|archive-date=May 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508053734/https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/58156/terminatorgenisys4kultrahdbluray.html|url-status=live}}

Terminator Genisys grossed $89.7 million in the United States and Canada and $350.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $440.6 million. Of the Terminator franchise, only Terminator 2: Judgment Day earned more at the box office.{{cite web|url=http://moviepilot.com/posts/2015/09/21/rise-of-the-machines-why-terminator-6-should-happen-3553885|title=Rise of the Machines: Why Terminator 6 Should Happen|last=Patterson|first=Michael|date=September 20, 2015|publisher=Moviepilot|access-date=October 12, 2015|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002152250/http://moviepilot.com/posts/2015/09/21/rise-of-the-machines-why-terminator-6-should-happen-3553885|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/06/box-office-mission-impossible-tops-500m-global-terminator-genisys-tops-terminator-3/|title=Box Office: 'Mission: Impossible' Crosses $500M Worldwide, 'Terminator Genisys' Tops 'Terminator 3'|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|date=September 6, 2015|work=Forbes|access-date=October 12, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402080236/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/06/box-office-mission-impossible-tops-500m-global-terminator-genisys-tops-terminator-3/|url-status=live}} Because of its $155 million production budget and an estimated $50–100 million spent on marketing, Bloomberg Business reported that the film would have needed to earn at least $450 million in its theatrical run to break even.{{cite news |first=Anousha |last=Sakoui |title='Terminator' Salvation Hinges on Global Fans After Harsh Reviews |date=July 1, 2015 |work=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-01/-terminator-salvation-hinges-on-global-fans-after-harsh-reviews |access-date=July 19, 2015 |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711200814/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-01/-terminator-salvation-hinges-on-global-fans-after-harsh-reviews |url-status=live }} In August 2015 Forbes cited Terminator Genisys as the first American film to earn $400 million worldwide without grossing $100 million in North America, earnings comparable to the French film The Intouchables.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/08/30/box-office-terminator-genisys-crosses-400-million-worldwide/|title=Box Office: 'Terminator Genisys' Crosses $400 Million Worldwide|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|work=Forbes|date=August 30, 2015|access-date=August 31, 2015|archive-date=August 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831050000/http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/08/30/box-office-terminator-genisys-crosses-400-million-worldwide/|url-status=live}} It was the first Hollywood release to earn $100 million in China and less than that in North America; both were duplicated the following summer by Warcraft.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/06/08/warcraft-china-box-office-a-jaw-dropping-46-million-opening-day/|title=Box Office: 'Warcraft' Snags Jaw-Dropping $46 Million Opening Day In China|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|work=Forbes|date=June 8, 2016|access-date=June 8, 2016|archive-date=June 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608165723/http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/06/08/warcraft-china-box-office-a-jaw-dropping-46-million-opening-day/|url-status=live}}

The film opened on July 1, 2015, in the United States and Canada (the same day as the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL) in 3,700 theaters and previewed the previous evening in 2,527 theaters. The two films and the holdovers Jurassic World and Inside Out were each projected to earn $45–55 million during the Independence Day holiday period and $27–30 million over the three-day weekend.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/terminator-genisys-magic-mike-xxl-box-office-july-4th-1201462173/|title='Terminator Genisys' & 'Magic Mike XXL' Enter July 4th Frame Too Close To Call|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 29, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=June 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630124950/http://deadline.com/2015/06/terminator-genisys-magic-mike-xxl-box-office-july-4th-1201462173/|url-status=live}}

Box-office analysts noted that Terminator Genisys would have to compete with Jurassic World and, to some extent, Ted 2 for male moviegoers. They expected the film to have the upper hand, replacing Jurassic World in IMAX theaters, but good earnings were needed internationally to make up any deficits.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-can-magic-805699|title=Box Office Preview: Can the T-800 and Male Strippers Outrun 'Jurassic World'?|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 29, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407211028/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-can-magic-805699|url-status=live}} It made $2.3 million from the Tuesday-night preview—a record for Paramount Pictures, surpassing the $2.1 million earned by Hercules (2014)—and $8.9 million on its Wednesday opening day.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-magic-mike-xxl-806211|title=Box Office: 'Magic Mike XXL' Narrowly Outstrips 'Terminator: Genisys' Tuesday Night|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209062532/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-magic-mike-2-806211/|url-status=live}}{{cite web| url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/magic-mike-xxl-starts-dancing-at-tuesday-night-previews-inside-out-crosses-200m-1201465698/| title='Magic Mike XXL' Beats 'Terminator Genisys' At Tuesday Night Previews, 'Inside Out' Crosses $200M|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-magic-mike-2-806211|title=Box Office: 'Magic Mike 2' Beats 'Terminator 5' But Both Need Bigger Fireworks|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703230628/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-magic-mike-2-806211|url-status=live}} The film earned $42.4 million over the five-day opening stretch, including $27 million from 3,758 theaters over the weekend, placing it third at the box office behind Jurassic World and Inside Out.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/terminator-genisys-magic-mike-xxl-inside-out-july-4th-box-office-1201467675/|title='Inside Out' Steals No. 1 From Dinos At July 4th B.O., 'Magic Mike XXL' Pops Viagra On Sunday – Actuals Update|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 6, 2015|access-date=July 7, 2015|archive-date=July 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706010025/https://deadline.com/2015/07/terminator-genisys-magic-mike-xxl-inside-out-july-4th-box-office-1201467675/|url-status=live}} Scott Mendelson of Forbes suggested several possible explanations for its box-office performance: poor marketing, negative reviews, competition from the family-friendly Jurassic World and Inside Out, the decline of Schwarzenegger's star power and American indifference to another Terminator film.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/07/06/box-office-6-reasons-terminator-genisys-bombed-in-america/|title=Box Office: 6 Reasons 'Terminator Genisys' Bombed (In America)|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|work=Forbes|date=July 6, 2015|access-date=July 7, 2015|archive-date=July 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707183634/http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/07/06/box-office-6-reasons-terminator-genisys-bombed-in-america/|url-status=live}}

During the weekend of August 2, 2015, Terminator Genisys was playing in 65 countries (including the US and Canada); the film was released in China on August 23.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/international-box-office-results-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-minions-ant-man-pixels-monster-hunt-bajrangi-bhaijaan-1201489609/|title='Rogue Nation' Puts Cruise In Control At $64.5M Offshore; Sets Career & 'M:I' Franchise Bests – Intl Box Office Final|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=August 3, 2015|access-date=August 4, 2015|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022030737/https://deadline.com/2015/08/international-box-office-results-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-minions-ant-man-pixels-monster-hunt-bajrangi-bhaijaan-1201489609/|url-status=live}} Comparisons of overseas box-office performance were made with Paramount's Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Pacific Rim, Lucy and World War Z rather than the preceding Terminator Salvation (2009) and the other Terminator films.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/terminator-genisys-pulls-in-27-9m-and-is-running-ahead-of-ghost-protocol-international-box-office-1201467761/|title='Terminator: Genisys' Pulls In $27.9M And Is Running Ahead Of 'Ghost Protocol' – International Box Office|first=Anita|last=Busch|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 3, 2015|access-date=July 4, 2015|archive-date=July 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704045004/http://deadline.com/2015/07/terminator-genisys-pulls-in-27-9m-and-is-running-ahead-of-ghost-protocol-international-box-office-1201467761/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/06/box-office-magic-mike-xxl-terminator-genisys|title=I'll be slack: Terminator Genisys flops as Magic Mike's pulling power proves XXS| last=Hoad|first=Phil|work=The Guardian|publisher=(Guardian Media Group)|date=July 6, 2015|access-date=July 7, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-minions-inside-out-baahubali-results-1201474737/|title='Minions' Henchmen Nab $124M & No. 1 In 4th Frame; 'Terminator' Generates $47M – Intl Box Office|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=(Penske Media Corporation)|date=July 12, 2015|access-date=July 13, 2015|archive-date=September 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912212410/https://deadline.com/2015/07/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-minions-inside-out-baahubali-results-1201474737/|url-status=live}} The film was released in ten countries before its North American debut beginning on June 25, earning $8.4 million over its opening weekend. During its second weekend it expanded to 46 countries, earning $73.3 million and topping the international box office{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-minions-inside-out-jurassic-world-magic-mike-xxl-1201470806/|title='Terminator' Back With $73.3M; 'Minions' Mints Higher Haul Of $56.2M – Intl Box Office Final|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=July 6, 2015|access-date=July 7, 2015|archive-date=July 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706074130/http://deadline.com/2015/07/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-minions-inside-out-jurassic-world-magic-mike-xxl-1201470806/|url-status=live}} before being passed by Minions the following weekend. The film led in box-office receipts outside North America for four non-consecutive weekends.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/terminator-genisys-hitman-agent-47-straight-outta-compton-transporter-international-box-office-results-1201516578/|title='Terminator', 'Hitman' Lead Sluggish Frame; 'Compton' Tops 5 Markets – International Box Office|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=(Penske Media Corporation)|date=September 6, 2015|access-date=September 7, 2015|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108095043/https://deadline.com/2015/09/terminator-genisys-hitman-agent-47-straight-outta-compton-transporter-international-box-office-results-1201516578/|url-status=live}}

Terminator Genisys had the franchise's biggest opening and Schwarzenegger's best in Singapore ($1.4 million) and Colombia ($1.3 million); both exceeded the opening of Terminator Salvation and that of 28 other countries, including Russia, Korea and Mexico. The film topped the box office in Peru, Vietnam, Turkey and 28 other countries,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-ted-2-jurassic-world-minions-inside-out-1201460765/|title='Terminator: Genisys' Lords Over 'Salvation'; Dinos Mighty With $84.3M More; 'Minions' Well Outpacing 'DM2′ – Intl Box Office Final|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 29, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=June 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630212719/http://deadline.com/2015/06/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-ted-2-jurassic-world-minions-inside-out-1201460765/|url-status=live}} was Paramount's biggest Argentine opening ($2.3 million), and was the biggest July opening and the fifth-biggest of all time in Russia and the CIS ($12.5 million). In the U.K. and Brazil it opened behind Minions, earning $5.8 million and $3.9 million, respectively and was second in France to Les Profs 2 with $3.8 million. Other notable openings were in South Korea ($11.2 million), Mexico ($6.1 million), Japan ($5.4 million), Australia ($4.4 million), Germany ($3.1 million) and India ($3 million). Its largest markets outside the US and Canada were South Korea ($23.5 million), Russia ($21.8 million), Japan ($19 million) the UK ($16.1 million) and Brazil ($11.1 million).{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-2015-surprise-hits-misses-849770|title=Hollywood's Surprise 2015 Box-Office Hits and Misses Abroad|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 23, 2015|access-date=December 23, 2015|archive-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223192155/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-2015-surprise-hits-misses-849770|url-status=live}} Terminator Genisys earned $2.2 million from Chinese midnight showings (the fourth-largest of all time) and $27.4 million on its opening day, the fourth-biggest opening day of all time for a Hollywood film (behind Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Transformers: Age of Extinction). It topped the international box office with a one-day gross from China.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-china-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-minions-inside-out-hitman-agent-47-uncle-results-1201503912/|title='Terminator' Back To No. 1 As China Re-Opens; 'M:I5' Adds $25M; 'Hitman' Contracts $8.5M – Intl B.O. Update|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=(Penske Media Corporation)|date=August 23, 2015|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110232/https://deadline.com/2015/08/international-box-office-terminator-genisys-china-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-minions-inside-out-hitman-agent-47-uncle-results-1201503912/|url-status=live}} The film earned $82.8 million in its eight-day opening week (Sunday to Sunday), $58 million from Monday to Sunday and $23.4 million in its three-day opening weekend (Friday to Sunday).{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/terminator-genisys-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-straight-outta-compton-hitman-international-box-office-results-1201510404/|title='Terminator', 'Mission: Impossible' Each Cruise Past $300M; 'Compton' Tops In UK, Germany – Intl Box Office Update|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=(Penske Media Corporation)|date=August 30, 2015|access-date=August 31, 2015|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110843/https://deadline.com/2015/08/terminator-genisys-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-straight-outta-compton-hitman-international-box-office-results-1201510404/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-terminator-genisys-819233|title=China Box Office: 'Terminator Genisys' Marches Towards $100M|last=Brzeski|first=Patrick|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=(Prometheus Global Media)|date=August 31, 2015|access-date=September 1, 2015|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022213833/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-terminator-genisys-819233|url-status=live}} As of September 12, 2015, Terminator Genisys had grossed $112.8 million in China.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/china-monster-hunt-all-time-china-record-beats-furious-7-1201522646/|title='Monster Hunt' Overtakes 'F7' As All-Time China Box Office Champ In 2-Month Run|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=(Penske Media Corporation)|date=September 12, 2015|access-date=September 12, 2015|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204003409/https://deadline.com/2015/09/china-monster-hunt-all-time-china-record-beats-furious-7-1201522646/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-maze-runner-scorch-trials-the-visit-fack-ju-gohte-legend-international-box-office-results-1201524744/|title='Maze Runner: Scorch Trials' Ignites $26.8M Start; 'Rogue Nation' Tops With $91.3M, Crosses $600M WW – Intl B.O.|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=September 13, 2015|access-date=September 14, 2015|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729190027/https://deadline.com/2015/09/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-maze-runner-scorch-trials-the-visit-fack-ju-gohte-legend-international-box-office-results-1201524744/|url-status=live}}

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 26% based on 278 reviews, with an average rating of 4.70/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Mired in its muddled mythology, Terminator: Genisys is a lurching retread that lacks the thematic depth, conceptual intelligence, or visual thrills that launched this once-mighty franchise."{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=terminator_genisys |type=m |title=Terminator Genisys |access-date=July 21, 2024}} On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average to critic reviews, the film has a score of 38 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".{{Cite Metacritic |id=terminator-genisys |type=movie |title=Terminator Genisys |access-date=February 16, 2021}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-terminator-5-magic-806211|title=Box Office: 'Terminator 5,' 'Magic Mike 2' Off to Muted Start, Need Bigger Fireworks|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 1, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209062525/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-magic-mike-2-806211/|url-status=live}} The Los Angeles Times said critics found the film to be a "messy sequel" that was a "convoluted retread" of past films.{{cite news |last=Gettell |first=Oliver |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-terminator-genisys-arnold-schwarzenegger-movie-reviews-critics-20150630-story.html |title='Terminator Genisys': Schwarzenegger can't save messy sequel, reviews say |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 1, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015}} According to TheWrap, critics found the time travel storyline to be "convoluted" and that the performances were "unremarkable" aside from Schwarzenegger reprising his role.{{cite news |last=Nakamura |first=Reid |url=https://www.thewrap.com/terminator-genisys-reviews-critics-nostalgic-bored-over-reboot/ |title='Terminator Genisys' Reviews: Critics Nostalgic, Bored Over Reboot |work=TheWrap |date=June 30, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803204038/http://www.thewrap.com/terminator-genisys-reviews-critics-nostalgic-bored-over-reboot/ |url-status=live }}

Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal criticized the film, saying that it "plays like the worst of all outcomes".{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/terminator-genisys-review-nonsense-and-insensibility-1435775286 |title='Terminator Genisys' Review: Nonsense and Insensibility |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=July 3, 2015 |first=Joe |last=Morgenstern |date=July 1, 2015 |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702195831/http://www.wsj.com/articles/terminator-genisys-review-nonsense-and-insensibility-1435775286 |url-status=live }} James Rocchi of TheWrap compared it negatively to The Terminator, writing that Genisys "comes back from the past to water down a whole season of summer moviegoing".{{cite web |first=James |last=Rocchi |url=https://www.thewrap.com/terminator-genisys-review-arnold-schwarzenegger-emilia-clarke-jason-clarke-jai-courtney/ |title='Terminator Genisys' Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger's Swagger Can't Save This Redundant Tentpole |publisher=Thewrap.com |date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705064820/http://www.thewrap.com/terminator-genisys-review-arnold-schwarzenegger-emilia-clarke-jason-clarke-jai-courtney/ |url-status=live }} Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune criticized the film's lack of originality, calling it "simply business and dull business at that".{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-terminator-genisys-review-20150630-column.html |title='Terminator Genisys' review: Rooting for the apocalypse |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=July 3, 2015 |date=June 30, 2015}} Mark Kermode of The Observer described it as "marginally better than Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines or Terminator Salvation but still light years short of either The Terminator or Terminator 2: Judgment Day", considering it "utterly unnecessary (if occasionally entertaining)". He added, "Cameron's original 80s production wrung rip-roaring rewards from a smart script and a small budget, but this bloated, smashy-crashy behemoth lacks the role-reversal wit that turned the action of 1991's T2 into something more than mere spectacle."{{cite web |last1=Kermode |first1=Mark |title=Terminator Genisys review – a karaoke rehash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/05/terminator-genisys-arnold-schwarzenegger-emilia-clarke-review-mark-kermode |website=The Observer |access-date=30 September 2021 |date=5 July 2015}} Alan Jones of Radio Times awarded the film two stars out of five, writing "Confusing time travel, lacklustre spectacle and bland casting earmark this unexceptional reboot of James Cameron's classic cyborg v man franchise for the smartphone generation." He also regarded the "CG action" as "unimaginative".{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Alan |title=Terminator: Genisys (2015) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/cswsgc/terminator-genisys/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=16 October 2021 |language=en |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114335/https://www.radiotimes.com/film/cswsgc/terminator-genisys/ |url-status=live }}

Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post enjoyed the film: "Genisys goes back to what made the franchise work in the first place: not the machine inside the man, but vice versa."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/review-terminator-genisys-mixes-visceral-thrills-with-logic-holes/2015/06/30/b5dc6040-1f35-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55_story.html|title=Review: 'Terminator Genisys' mixes visceral thrills with logic holes|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|date=June 30, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924230635/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/review-terminator-genisys-mixes-visceral-thrills-with-logic-holes/2015/06/30/b5dc6040-1f35-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55_story.html|url-status=live}} Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair also gave a positive review, writing that the film "makes a surprisingly compelling case" for itself.{{cite magazine|last=Lawson |first=Richard |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/terminator-genisys-review |title=Terminator Genisys Review |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=January 2, 2014 |access-date=July 3, 2015}}

After seeing a pre-release screening of the film, Cameron voiced his support for Terminator Genisys. Describing it as respectful to the first two films, Cameron said he felt like "the franchise has been reinvigorated".{{cite web| last1=Hutchinson |first1=Lee| title=Director James Cameron voices support for Terminator Genisys|url=https://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2015/06/director-james-cameron-voices-support-for-terminator-genisys/|website=Condé Nast|date=June 9, 2015 |access-date=June 9, 2015}} However, in 2017, following the film's performance, Cameron recanted his statement and said that he had only supported the film because of his friendship with Schwarzenegger.{{cite web| url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/james-cameron-plans-to-produce-three-new-terminator-films/5120302.article|title=James Cameron plans to produce three new 'Terminator' films|last=Parfitt|first=Orlando|work=Screen Daily|date=July 26, 2017|access-date=May 27, 2018}}

Actress Emilia Clarke expressed relief to discover there would not be any sequels following the film's underwhelming box office performance. In reference to the film's director Alan Taylor, with whom she had worked on Game of Thrones, Clarke said, "He was eaten and chewed up on Terminator. He was not the director I remembered. He didn't have a good time. No one had a good time."{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/emilia-clarke-cover-story |title=Cover Story: Emilia Clarke's Solo Flight |first=Joanna |last=Robinson |website=Vanity Fair |date=May 23, 2018 |access-date=July 26, 2018 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106102256/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/emilia-clarke-cover-story |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2424731/emilia-clarke-was-relieved-terminator-genisys-failed-at-the-box-office|title=Emilia Clarke Was 'Relieved' Terminator Genisys Failed At the Box Office|date=May 23, 2018|website=CinemaBlend.com|access-date=July 26, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726201744/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2424731/emilia-clarke-was-relieved-terminator-genisys-failed-at-the-box-office|url-status=live}} In a 2021 interview with The Hollywood Reporter while promoting The Many Saints of Newark, Taylor admitted as having "lost the will to make movies and to live as a director" after his experience directing Genisys and Thor: The Dark World, causing him to enter into a depression. He credited his work on a television pilot based on the novel Roadside Picnic and in the Amazon Video series Electric Dreams for helping him to come out of his depression upon rediscovering the joy of filmmaking by making "a couple really tiny things" slowly, smaller and personal like the films he did as a film student.

The production of the film was seen as so disastrous that a nearby crew filming for Fantastic Four even had jackets made that read "AT LEAST WE’RE NOT ON TERMINATOR."{{Cite magazine |last=Diehl |first=Joanna Robinson,Craig McDean,Jessica |date=2018-05-23 |title=Cover Story: Emilia Clarke's Solo Flight |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/emilia-clarke-cover-story |access-date=2024-09-26 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106102256/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/05/emilia-clarke-cover-story |url-status=live }}

At the 2015 Teen Choice Awards, Terminator Genisys earned two nominations for Choice Summer Movie and Choice Summer Movie Star: Female (Emilia Clarke).{{cite web |author1=Variety Staff |title=Teen Choice Awards 2015 Winners: Full List |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/teen-choice-awards-winners-2015-full-list-1201571268/ |website=Variety |access-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109192417/https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/teen-choice-awards-winners-2015-full-list-1201571268/ |archive-date=9 January 2021 |date=9 January 2021}} It was also nominated at the Golden Trailer Awards for Best Summer 2015 Blockbuster.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Golden Trailer Nominations: 'Jurassic World', 'Furious 7′ Propel Universal To Leading 44 |url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/golden-trailer-nominations-2015-jurassic-world-furious-7-full-list-1201407876/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318141605/https://deadline.com/2015/04/golden-trailer-nominations-2015-jurassic-world-furious-7-full-list-1201407876/ |archive-date=18 March 2022 |date=10 April 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Pedersen |first1=Erik |title=Golden Trailer Awards: 'Furious 7' Peels Out With Best In Show |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/golden-trailer-awards-winners-2015-furious-7-1201421951/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=26 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508033217/https://deadline.com/2015/05/golden-trailer-awards-winners-2015-furious-7-1201421951/ |archive-date=8 May 2015 |date=6 May 2015}} At the 42nd Saturn Awards, the film received a nomination for Best Science Fiction Film.{{cite web |last1=Nakamura |first1=Reid |title='Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Leads Saturn Awards Nominees |url=https://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-leads-saturn-awards-nominees/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321000705/https://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-leads-saturn-awards-nominees/ |archive-date=21 March 2022 |date=24 February 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=David S. |title='The Force Awakens' Rings Up Eight Saturn Awards |url=http://variety.com/2016/film/awards/saturn-awards-winners-2016-star-wars-crimson-peak-walking-dead-hannibal-william-shatner-bruce-campbell-1201802152/ |website=Variety |access-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228123946/http://variety.com/2016/film/awards/saturn-awards-winners-2016-star-wars-crimson-peak-walking-dead-hannibal-william-shatner-bruce-campbell-1201802152/ |archive-date=28 December 2016 |date=23 June 2016}}

In December 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that a television series was in the works, which would tie into a new Terminator film trilogy.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/new-terminator-tv-series-works-663447|title=New 'Terminator' TV series in the works|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Guggenheim Partners|date=December 6, 2013|access-date=July 27, 2015|archive-date=July 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708210108/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/new-terminator-tv-series-works-663447|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/terminator-new-tv-series-movie-reboot-tie-in/|title=New 'Terminator' TV Series To Tie-In With Movie Reboot Trilogy|last=Kendrick|first=Ben|website=Screen Rant|date=December 6, 2013|access-date=July 27, 2015|archive-date=July 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701010350/http://screenrant.com/terminator-new-tv-series-movie-reboot-tie-in/|url-status=live}} Sequels to Terminator Genisys were scheduled for release on May 19, 2017, and June 29, 2018,{{cite news |title=Paramount Carves Out Dates For Next Two 'Terminator' Pics, Sets 'The Gambler' Redo For Oscar-Qualifying Run |url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/terminator-sequels-release-dates-set-830260/ |access-date=September 6, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=September 5, 2014 |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906065413/http://deadline.com/2014/09/terminator-sequels-release-dates-set-830260/ |url-status=live }} under the tentative titles of Terminator 2 and Terminator 3, but they were ultimately cancelled. The two sequels were to be filmed back to back during nine months of continuous shooting. The storylines for the two sequels were devised by Kalogridis and Lussier. The new trilogy would have explained who sent Pops back to protect Sarah Connor. J. K. Simmons would have had further involvement in the new trilogy, and Dayo Okeniyi would have had a significant role reprising Danny Dyson in the second film, which would have focused on John Connor's life after becoming part machine. Jason Clarke said about the cancelled Genisys sequel:{{Cite news|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/terminator-genisys-sequel/|title=Abandoned 'Terminator Genisys' Sequel Plot Focused on Cyborg John Connor|date=2018-04-06|work=/Film|access-date=2018-09-06|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525144046/https://www.slashfilm.com/terminator-genisys-sequel/|url-status=live}} {{cquote|What I remember was that second one was going to be about John's journey after he was taken by Skynet…like going down to what he became; half machine, half man. That's where the second one was going to start, and that's about all I knew. It's such a bummer we didn't get to do that.}}

Development stalled in 2015 after Terminator Genisys under-performed at the box office.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-china-record-1201544867/|title='Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation' Becomes Highest Grossing 2D Film in China|author1=Anthony D'Alessandro|author2=Nancy Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 23, 2015|access-date=October 1, 2015|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113191629/https://deadline.com/2015/09/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-china-record-1201544867/|url-status=live}} On October 1, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the sequels and television spin-off were on hold indefinitely, following the film's overall box office performance. According to Skydance COO Dana Goldberg, the company was pressing forward with development, but would further analyze market research before starting production.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/thegrill-2015-terminator-genisys-producer-on-franchises-future-not-on-hold-but-re-adjusting/|title=TheGrill 2015: 'Terminator: Genisys' Producer on Franchise's Future: Not on Hold but 'Re-Adjusting' (Video)|work=TheWrap|date=October 7, 2015|access-date=October 7, 2015|archive-date=October 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010005155/http://www.thewrap.com/thegrill-2015-terminator-genisys-producer-on-franchises-future-not-on-hold-but-re-adjusting/?|url-status=live}} In January 2016, the planned Terminator 2 was removed from Paramount's release schedule.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/paramount-takes-terminator-sequel-release-857746|title=Paramount Takes 'Terminator' Sequel Off Release Schedule|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|date=January 20, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 20, 2016|archive-date=January 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123015856/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/paramount-takes-terminator-sequel-release-857746|url-status=live}} In April 2016, Emilia Clarke said that she would not return for any sequels.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/678551-emilia-clarke-terminator-sequels#/slide/1 |title=Emilia Clarke Says No to More Terminator Sequels |website=Comingsoon.net |date=April 20, 2016 |access-date=April 20, 2016 |last=Lesnick |first=Silas |archive-date=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421115855/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/678551-emilia-clarke-terminator-sequels#/slide/1 |url-status=live }}

In June 2016, following the cancellation of film sequels and a spin-off television series, a video game titled Terminator Genisys: Future War was revealed to be in development. The game's storyline would take place immediately following the events of Terminator Genisys. Future War was released on May 18, 2017.{{cite journal |url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/plarium-skydance-partner-for-terminator-genisys-mobile-game/ |title=Plarium, Skydance Partner for Terminator Genisys Mobile Game |author=Brandy Shaul |journal=Adweek |date=June 28, 2016 |access-date=28 June 2016 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810093948/http://www.adweek.com/digital/plarium-skydance-partner-for-terminator-genisys-mobile-game/ |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/06/28/plarium-teams-with-skydance-to-create-terminator-genisys-mobile-game/ |title=Plarium teams with Skydance to create Terminator Genisys mobile game |author=Dean Takahashi |journal=VentureBeat |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=28 June 2016 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810092624/https://venturebeat.com/2016/06/28/plarium-teams-with-skydance-to-create-terminator-genisys-mobile-game/ |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/terminator-genisys-multiplayer-game-plarium-1201804446/ |title='Terminator Genisys' Multiplayer Game Coming in 2017 |author=Todd Spangler |journal=Variety |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=28 June 2016 |archive-date=June 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629042151/http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/terminator-genisys-multiplayer-game-plarium-1201804446/ |url-status=live }}

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Ultimately, the film rights to the Terminator franchise reverted to co-creator James Cameron, who along with David Ellison, produced a new film, Terminator: Dark Fate, a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It was intended to be the first in a new trilogy of planned Terminator films,{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/titanic-and-avatar-director-james-cameron-hoping-to-make-new-terminator-trilogy/news-story/27e00d478eeaf4c8b31c681a29bde13c|title=I'll be back: James Cameron wants more Terminator — with Arnie|work=NewsComAu|access-date=November 14, 2017|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922002134/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/titanic-and-avatar-director-james-cameron-hoping-to-make-new-terminator-trilogy/news-story/27e00d478eeaf4c8b31c681a29bde13c|url-status=live}} though they were later cancelled due to the film's poor box office returns.

Terminator: Dark Fate was directed by Tim Miller,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/terminator-james-cameron-deadpool-tim-miller-david-ellison-skydance-1201890848/|title=He's Back! James Cameron To Godfather 'Terminator' With 'Deadpool' Helmer Tim Miller|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=January 21, 2017|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=January 21, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121120114/https://deadline.com/2017/01/terminator-james-cameron-deadpool-tim-miller-david-ellison-skydance-1201890848/|url-status=live}} and featured the return of Schwarzenegger and Hamilton.{{Cite news|url=http://whatculture.com/film/terminator-6-arnold-schwarzenegger-will-return|title=Terminator 6: Arnold Schwarzenegger WILL Return|date=May 21, 2017|work=WhatCulture.com|access-date=November 14, 2017|language=en|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712001441/http://whatculture.com/film/terminator-6-arnold-schwarzenegger-will-return|url-status=live}} It was released on November 1, 2019{{cite web|url=https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/terminator-moves-wonder-woman-1984s-old-release-slot/|title=The Terminator Moves Up To Wonder Woman 1984's Old Release Slot|publisher=We Got This Covered|last=Pountain|first=David|date=October 23, 2018|access-date=October 23, 2018|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025002031/https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/terminator-moves-wonder-woman-1984s-old-release-slot/|url-status=live}} to better critical reception than previous entries,{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_dark_fate/ |title=Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango |access-date=January 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016040504/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_dark_fate |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/terminator-dark-fate |title=Terminator: Dark Fate Reviews |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920122140/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/terminator-dark-fate |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |url-status=live}} though it was nevertheless a commercial failure.{{cite news |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/terminator-dark-fate-puts-franchise-ice-faces-120m-loss-1251926? |title=Terminator: Dark Fate Puts Franchise on Ice, Faces $120M-plus Loss |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 3, 2019 |access-date=November 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104145044/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/terminator-dark-fate-puts-franchise-ice-faces-120m-loss-1251926 |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/box-office-bombs-2019-list-1202918753/|title=The Biggest Box Office Bombs Of 2019: Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 27, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428012104/https://deadline.com/2020/04/box-office-bombs-2019-list-1202918753/|url-status=live}}

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