Emilia Clarke cast as Sarah Connor in 'Terminator'

Bryan Alexander | USA TODAY

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has been cast in the coveted role of Sarah Connor in Paramount Pictures Terminator reboot.

The industry website Deadline.com reported the news Friday, pointing out that Clarke will assume the role made famous by Linda Hamilton in the 1984 classic directed by James Cameron. Jason Clarke is reportedly in talks to play her son John Connor.

Deadline reported that the fight for the Sarah Connor role went down to Clarke and Brie Larson in the Alan Taylor directed reboot due out July 2015.

Taylor had worked with Clarke on HBO's Game of Thrones where she plays the beautiful dragon-commanding Daenerys Targaryen.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has already expressed excitement about returning to one of his most famous roles as a cyborg in the reboot.

"Doing another Terminator is going to be fantastic," Schwarzenegger told USA TODAY last month. "I am really excited about that."

Production is expected to begin in the spring.