There's been a lot of questions surrounding Terminator Genisys . Where does it fit into the mythos? Which movies is it respecting? Is Arnie a good guy or a bad guy? Well, today Paramount released the first official teaser trailer for the film, which gave us some answers to those questions.

Earlier this summer, IGN and several other outlets paid a visit to the NASA set of Terminator in New Orleans, where we got a firsthand look at Paramount's sci-fi thriller. There, we got to chat with some of the cast, including Arnold Schwarzenegger (T-800), Jason Clarke (John Connor), Emilia Clarke (Sarah Connor) and Jai Courtney (Kyle Reese). We also sat down with director Alan Taylor and some of the producers to learn more about Genisys and its place in the Terminator franchise.

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As you can see in the trailer, Genysis starts in 2029 -- the same time that, in theory, the first movie started -- only, when Kyle goes back to Sarah Connor's time, he discovers things are... off. Suddenly, he finds himself in a version of the past that he's not prepared for, going on a different mission with different allies, different enemies and different circumstances.

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On set, a Skydance exec filled us in on some of the details. "It's not a traditional remake, nor it is a continuation or a sequel, nor is it exactly a reboot," he said. "In a sense, it's a reimagining -- and it certainly follows the same kind of logic as J.J. Abrams' [Star Trek], which is that the beauty of any world where you have time travel is that you can introduce pivotal, different events that then fracture off on a whole new timeline and let you explore how things would have happened if one major thing had gone differently."The movie will take place in more than just 1984," he continued. "I don't think any one of [the time periods] clearly dominates the entire movie... There is critical action in the future, and there is critical action in the past."

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Later, Taylor confirmed to us that the first two Terminator movies were the primary influence of Genisys, with the latter two taking a backseat. (This is also pretty evident from the trailer.) "For me, one of the main elements of the first two movies was that it was always about the world we all know, that we can identify with," the director said. "We're trying to bridge the things that have existed in the mythology before and be true to it, while launching something new."Terminator Genisys hits theaters stateside on July 1, 2015. Stay tuned for our full set visit write-up in the coming months!

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