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Its Judgement Day for Declan Shalvey and Rory McConville as they launch Terminator: Metal

- WORDS: STEPHEN JEWELL

AFTER DECLAN SHALVEY'S RECENT 10-PARTER BASED around 1984’s classic The Terminator, he and new co-writer Rory McConville are now upping the ante with Terminator: Metal, which takes place in the more expansive world of James Cameron's 1991 sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

“It’s very much an evolution from the previous series, as it became clear while I was working on it that there was room for a lot more stories in this world,” Shalvey tells Red Alert. “Terminator: Metal gives us the opportunity to dig into a wider tapestry of ideas.”

Just as before, Metal is mostly composed of self-contained storylines. “We're sticking with the done-in-one format and switching locations, etc...” says Shalvey. “There's not so much of an overarching plot this time, more of an overarching theme, so there’s no limit on what we can say or do.”