UK ‘Terminator: Genisys’ Trailer Raises JK Simons Status

Paramount's UK trailer for the latest Terminator film gives some well-deserved screen time to recent Best Supporting Oscar winner J.K. Simmons, who plays a sympathetic detective. It's no wonder that they have featured Simmons prominently as his little film Whiplash is doing well overseas, especially in South Korea - a surprise, given the market's penchant for tentpole actioners.Whiplash took the No. 1 spot in the all-important territory last weekend. In addition to Simmons, the movie won two other Oscars, for editing and sound mixing. The film has made about $20M overseas so far, per Rentrak, and is far from ending its run.

According to Deadline, the Terminator: Genisys's synopsis is below:

In 2029, John Connor, leader of the Resistance, continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when John is notified by his army unit, Tech-Com, that Skynet will attack him from two fronts, past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

On the verge of winning the war against Skynet, Connor sends his trusted lieutenant Kyle Reese back through time to save his mother's life and ensure his own existence. However, Kyle finds the original past changed. After being orphaned at age nine by a T-800, sent to kill her when she was young to prevent the future in which Skynet is defeated, Sarah Connor has been brought up by another Terminator T-800 programmed to protect her. This Terminator has then trained her to face her destiny, which she adamantly tries to reject.

Now, Kyle and Sarah have to escape the new model terminator, the new T-800 and the recent T-1000 sent by Skynet to kill them, with the help of the old Terminator and find a way to stop Judgment Day from ever happening.

Directed by Alan Taylor, the latest Terminator timeline also features Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke as Sarah Conner, Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese and Jason Clarke as John Connor. Terminator: Genisys opens July 1.