'Terminator Genisys' Release Date, Cast News – Arnold Schwarzenneger is 'Baaack' for New Terminator Movie

"I'll be baaack!" This was the iconic line uttered by Arnold Schwarzenneger's machine character on the first Terminator movie ("The Terminator") back in 1984.

True to his word, he was back to do the second ("Terminator 2: Judgment Day" in 1991) and third ("Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" in 2003) movies in the series.

In the fourth Terminator film ("Termination Salvation" in 2009), Schwarzenneger was unable to play the character as he was tied up to his duties as Governor or California, but his facial likeness was utilized via CGI, using a mold of his face made in 1984 and applying this to Roland Kikinger's body.

Collectively, the four Terminator movies grossed over $1 billion at the box office.

This July, the fifth one will be released—"Terminator: Genisys," with Schwarzenneger again reprising his role.

The film opens in a well-known Terminator setting – 2029, when the war against the very powerful artificial intelligence system Skynet is erupting. Resistance leader John Connor (Jason Clarke) sends soldier Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back in time in 1984 to save his mother, Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke), from being killed by a Terminator.

However, in this fifth film, things are different, Sarah already has her own protector – an aged Terminator (Schwarzenneger) who has raised her since she was a child.

"Terminator: Genisys" takes the key elements of the James Cameron 1984 original and twists them slightly to create a completely different timeline.

"We're really harking back to James Cameron's original characters that were in one and two and we're taking it from there," Emilia Clarke said during a press event held last March 22 which she and the rest of the leading cast members attended to create early interest in the movie.

Schwarzenneger said he had to watch all the Terminator movies again "to really get up to speed with the character."

"In '84, this was total science fiction – when machines take over. And now, we're there. That's the wild thing about it. When we did this movie, it was kind of almost reality, unlike in 1984 where we thought, 'oh well wouldn't this be a funny world. Things have changed," he said.

Jason Clarke agreed. "Good science fiction is relatable. It mirrors what we're going through and Cameron set up wonderful, iconic metaphors and characters for us to play with. Judgment Day still exists. It just might not be nuclear," he said.

Courtney chimed in that while there are many die-hard fans waiting "to criticize this thing" when it is finally released on July 1, he believes the fans will be pleasantly surprised. "The beauty of what we've done is not only did we stay loyal to the original source material but we also opened it up to a whole new generation. I think we'll succeed in bringing them in."

There are plans to release two more "Terminator" films in the next couple of years.