Executive producers Josh Friedman ("War of the Worlds"), David Nutter ("
Supernatural," "
Smallville") and C-2 Pictures ("Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines") bring to television FOX's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," an intense new drama based on the celebrated heroine of the "Terminator" movies: Sarah Connor. At the end of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," Sarah Connor vanquished the liquid metal Terminator sent from the future to kill her teenage son, John. Sarah and John Connor now find themselves alone in a very dangerous, complicated world on "
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
."
Fugitives from the law, they are confronted with the reality that still more enemies from the future, and the present, could attack at any moment. "
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
" reveals what happens when Sarah Connor (
Lena Headey, "The Brothers Grimm," "300") stops running and goes on the offensive against an ever-evolving technological enemy bent on destroying her life, and perhaps the world. Her son, 15-year-old John Connor (
Thomas Dekker, "
Heroes"), knows that he may be the future savior of mankind, but is not yet ready to take on the mantle of leadership that he's told is his destiny on "
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
."
John finds himself inextricably drawn to Cameron (
Summer Glau, "Serenity," "
The Unit"), an enigmatic and otherworldly student at his high school, who soon proves to be much more than his confidante. She assumes the role of Sarah and John's fearless protector on "
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
." On their trail are not only threats from the future, but an intelligent and tough FBI agent, James Ellison (
Richard T. Jones, "Judging Amy"), who soon becomes a powerful ally.
Directed by David Nutter and produced by Warner Bros. Television and C-2 Pictures, "
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
" represents an exciting reinvention of the "Terminator" franchise, in which the strong and intrepid Sarah Connor discovers that protecting her son and stopping the rise of the machines is more difficult than she had ever imagined.
"
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
" stars Lena Headey as Sarah Connor, Thomas Dekker as John Connor, Richard T. Jones as James Ellison, and Summer Glau as Cameron.
"
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
" is produced by Warner Bros. Television and C-2 Pictures. Josh Friedman, David Nutter, James Middleton, Mario Kassar, Andrew Vajna, and Joel Michaels are executive producers for "
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
." The pilot for "
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
" was written by Josh Friedman and directed by David Nutter.