Mushure mekuburitswa kweTerminator 3 muna 2003, vagadziri Andrew G. Vajna naMario Kassar vakaita chibvumirano naNick Stahl naClaire Danes kuti vadzokere saJohn Connor naKate Brewster mune imwe firimu. Director Jonathan Mostow akabatsira kugadzira script, yakanyorwa naJohn Brancato naMichael Ferris, uye yakagadzirirwa kutanga kugadzirwa muna 2005 mushure mekupedza imwe firimu. Zvaizivikanwa panguva iyoyo kuti basa raArnold Schwarzenegger raizove rakaganhurirwa, sezvo akange atora hofisi saGavhuna weCalifornia. Vagadziri vakatsvaga kuve neArnold Schwarzenegger mari mufananidzo sezvavakaita Terminator 3. Muna 2005, Stahl akati John naKate vaizogadziriswazve senyaya yakasvetuka munguva. Pakazosvika 2006, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (mutsivi weOrion Pictures uye varidzi vemazuva ano veFilm Library, Andrew Vajna naMario Kassar) vakabvumirana naNick Stahl naClaire Danes kuti vadzokere sechikamu chechina chaJohn Connor naKate Brewster mune imwe firimu. Mutungamiriri Jonathan Mostow
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