Dwayne Johnson could appear alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 5, according to The Examiner.

The WWE star - also known as The Rock - is said to be in talks to star in the movie, which will apparently be set in the 1940s or 1950s and focus on the parents of Sarah Connor before she comes into the world.

Schwarzenegger will apparently this time play the role of a human doing his best to protect a family from a robot sent from the future to kill them.

Johnson, who has appeared in Fast & Furious 6 and Pain & Gain, is currently filming Hercules: The Thracian Wars.

He is also reportedly set to play a retired athlete in a new HBO comedy drama pilot .

Terminator 5 is scheduled to begin filming at the start of 2014.

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