Early versions of the screenplay written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris were quite different from the shooting script. They focused mainly on Marcus Wright waking up in a Skynet facility after the Resistance destroyed it. On his journey he travels with Kyle Reese and Star until they are caught by Skynet, and later with Blair Williams. The apocalyptic wasteland is home to cannibalistic survivors of Judgment Day, as well as hairless, mutated canines called Skindogs that hunt in packs. He is caught by Barnes, who is a bigamist leader of a community outpost, not one of John Connor's soldiers. Marcus is revealed to be a 'hybrid', a cross between human and Terminator. Upon escaping captivity and infiltrating Skynet central, he discovers an entire community of fellow hybrids, led by Dr. Serena Kogan (also a hybrid). Apparently, Skynet destroyed mankind as it was a danger to the planet, but spared the hybrids, as they were part machine. The hybrids are now actively helping Skynet fight the remaining humans. Upon hearing that Kyle and Star have been killed, Marcus uses a prototype Time Displacer to travel back in time a few hours, saves the children, and they escape. The Skynet army finally goes in pursuit and corners them on a beach, but they are saved by the Resistance led by John Connor (who only appears in a few scenes and at the end). Unfortunately, Serena manages to get to John and mortally wounds him. The film ends with Marcus altered to look like John at the latter's request, since the idea of John Connor leading the Resistance is more important than the man himself. When Christian Bale signed on as Connor, the screenplay was rewritten to shift the focus of the story from Marcus to John, and as a result, the hybrids subplot was also removed.

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