Terminator heading back to TV for "companion series" to movie reboot

Having acquired the rights to Terminator for a hefty $20 million, producers Megan Ellison and David Ellison are wasting little time in capitalising on their investment. Not only is a new movie trilogy in the works, with the first instalment set for release in 2015 under director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones), but it's now been announced that the sci-fi franchise is heading back to the small screen for a "companion piece" to the new movie series.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Thor and X-Men: First Class writers Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller are set to write and produce the new series, which "will follow a critical moment from the first Terminatorfilm (1984), and where the film's story goes one way, the upcoming series will take the same moment in a completely different direction. As the rebooted film trilogy and the new TV series progress, the two narratives will intersect with each other in surprising and dramatic ways."

As for the upcoming feature film, the article goes on to confirm that Arnold Schwarzenegger will reprise his signature role for what is described as "a time-spanning story that sees him tasked with protecting Sarah Connor as she grows up." As reported earlier this week, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Brie Larsen (Short Term 12) are said to be front-runners for the role of Sarah Connor in the film, which is currently set to arrive on July 1st 2015.