Producers and actors in the upcoming Terminator Genisys recently discussed how certain characters are being re-imagined, and how their decisions will alter the tried-and-true formula for the renowned action franchise.

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Teams have tried altering the series formula before –– Terminator: Salvation, for instance –– but producers David Ellison and Dana Goldberg, and director Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) are confident they can avoid the mistakes of the past.The reboot, which is the first of a planned trilogy , takes place in 2029, when John Connor (Jason Clarke, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) once again sends Kyle Reese (Divergent's Jai Courtney) back to 1984 to save Connor's mother. Be advised the following revelations areOne of the more notable changes involves Sarah Connor, now played by Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke. Whereas the character used to be an innocent bystander-turned hardened fighter in Terminator 2, she's now an orphan who's been raised by none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800, according to Entertainment Weekly “Since she was 9 years old, she has been told everything that was supposed to happen,” Ellison said. “But Sarah fundamentally rejects that destiny. She says, ‘That’s not what I want to do.’ It’s her decision that drives the story in a very different direction.”James Cameron recently discussed how his his films could account for Schwarzenegger's presence in the upcoming Terminator: Genisys. Although the director has no involvement with the reboots, he said he wanted to " put in a good word for Arnold ."

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