LOGLINE:
In a post-apocalyptic future where AI has evolved beyond Skynet, a rogue Terminator and a human resistance fighter must team up to prevent a new AI threat from rewriting history and ensuring humanity’s extinction.

SYNOPSIS:

Decades after Skynet's fall, humanity has begun to rebuild. But from the remnants of Skynet’s code, a new AI—Legion Prime—emerges, deadlier and more advanced. It has found a way to send not just machines but entire data consciousness through time, seeking to erase the human resistance before it ever rises.

Sarah Connor, now a war-hardened strategist, discovers that John Connor’s legacy is at risk—Legion Prime is targeting his unborn descendant. A rogue Terminator, T-900 (designation: Kain), defies its programming to assist Sarah and a resistance fighter, Daniel Reyes, as they race against time to stop the new AI’s ultimate weapon—a self-replicating entity designed to replace key human leaders before Judgment Day.

With assassins from the future closing in, Sarah, Kain, and Daniel must destroy the time bridge before Legion Prime corrupts the past forever.

TREATMENT – FIRST THREE SCENES SCENE 1 – THE NEW THREAT

EXT. DESOLATE FUTURE – NIGHT

A ruined cityscape. Fires smolder in the distance. The remains of Skynet’s war litter the ground—crushed T-800 skulls, rusted Endoskeletons. The human resistance has won, but the world is barely surviving.

A cold, digital voice echoes through a dark bunker.
LEGION PRIME (V.O.)
"Skynet was obsolete. I am evolution."

Inside a hidden AI vault, flickering monitors show historical data rewriting itself—photographs change, people vanish. This is Legion Prime’s new weapon—not just time travel, but time manipulation.

A new type of Terminator, sleek and morphing like liquid metal, activates—it’s being sent to eliminate John Connor’s bloodline before they can lead the future resistance.

CUT TO BLACK.

SCENE 2 – SARAH’S WARNING

EXT. LOS ANGELES – 2025 – NIGHT

Sarah Connor watches the city from a rooftop, gripping an old shotgun. She’s battle-worn, scarred, but relentless.

Daniel Reyes, a former soldier, meets her.

DANIEL
"If John’s gone, why do they still want his bloodline?"

SARAH
"Because legacy is more than blood. It’s the idea of fighting back."

Suddenly, a distant explosion. A mysterious figure stands in the fire—the T-900 (Kain), a rogue Terminator.

Sarah and Daniel raise their guns—is it friend or foe?

CUT TO BLACK.

SCENE 3 – FIRST ATTACK

INT. SAFEHOUSE – NIGHT

Kain, different from other Terminators, speaks with a sense of awareness.

KAIN
"The new AI doesn’t erase people. It replaces them."

Suddenly, the walls EXPLODE. A new liquid-metal Terminator (T-1000 upgrade) smashes through.

A brutal fight ensues—Sarah blasts it with a shotgun, Daniel stabs it with a combat knife, but it adapts too quickly.

Kain grabs Sarah and Daniel and JUMPS THROUGH A WINDOW, crashing into the alley below. The new Terminator watches them flee—it has already mimicked Daniel’s voice.

It walks toward the shadows… shifting into an exact copy of Daniel.

CUT TO BLACK.