Casting on Terminator: Genesis has been picking up pace lately, and with the reboot starting to come together, franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered some thoughts on his upcoming return to his signature character during a promotional interview with Collider about his latest film Sabotage…
“I think that it’s just so wild to have a franchise that has been around for that long, and then after 30 years, to get asked again to be the only character in a movie that is the same character is unheard of, in movie history. You always switch out, like with James Bond and Batman. They have new characters there. But, not here. That, to me, is an extraordinary situation and a great opportunity. Of course, I was honored when I was asked to come back and play the character with Sarah Connor… Terminator is going to have the exact same feel. The way it reads, it has the same feel of Terminator 2. It’s big. There’s hardcore action and it has some really great visual effects in there, but not over the top. It’s not a Thor type of movie, even though it’s the same director. It has good special effects, but just enough to say, ‘Wow, where did that come from? How did they do that?'”
Terminator: Genesis will be directed by Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World), with Arnold joined in the cast by Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Sarah Connor, Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) as John Connor, Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard) as Kyle Reese, and J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man) in an as-yet-unrevealed role. The film is set for release on July 1st 2015, with filming due to begin next month.
Originally published March 18, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
