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Shortly before Terminator: Dark Fate was released in North America, Collider and ArcLight Cinemas hosted an early screening of the film to a packed audience in Hollywood. After the screening ended, director Tim Miller, director of photography Ken Seng, and Gabriel Luna sat down with me for an extended Q&A that ran over an hour.

During the wide-ranging conversation, they talked about how the story was figured out, why they did so much coverage, when they found out Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton were coming back, Easter eggs, the difference between making a $10 million movie versus a $200 million movie, deleted scenes, telling this story with three strong female roles, the most emotional parts of shooting this movie, putting together the awesome action sequences, and so much more.

Trust me, if you’re curious how Terminator: Dark Fate was made and how certain key decisions happened, you’re going to learn a lot watching this video.

As most of you know, Terminator: Dark Fate takes place after Terminator 2: Judgement Day and ignores all the other Terminator sequels. The film features the awesome return of Linda Hamilton as she teams up with Mackenzie Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger to protect Natalia Reyes from a new kind of Terminator (Luna). The film is a return to form for the franchise and you can read a lot of positive reactions here.

Check out what Tim Miller, Ken Seng, and Gabriel Luna had to say in the player above and below is everything we talked about.

Finally, a huge thank you to Paramount Pictures for letting us screen the movie before it was released!

Tim Miller, Ken Seng, and Gabriel Luna: