Confirmed Actors/Actresses Testing for Sarah Connor & Kyle Reese in 'Terminator', Tom Hardy Eyed for John Connor
Sat, November 9, 2013 
Well it looks like that story that came out a few days back was pretty much right on the money.
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Brie Larson (21 Jump Street), and Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) are indeed testing for the role of Sarah Connor in the Terminator reboot, to be directed by Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) and to be released summer 2015.
However, the names that came up in regards to the male actors testing for the role of John Connor were sort of half right.
Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy) is indeed screen testing, yet not for John Connor, but the role of Kyle Reese. Boyd Holbrook (The Host) is reportedly not involved at all, but new names of Taylor Kitsch (Battleship) and Nicholas Hoult (Jack the Giant Slayer) are coming in as well.
Along with this, it's said director Taylor has his eye on none other than Tom Hardy to portray the role of John Connor, even though no meeting has taken place yet.
The plot of this reboot is also starting to take shape with the confirmation of Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to his signature role, playing the T-800 sent back to protect Sarah Connor over a time-spanning story as she grows up.
How this is all suppose to work with Arnold pushing 70 I have no idea.
I'm still under the belief that somehow the makers behind this flick - Annapurna Pictures, Skydance Productions, Paramount - want this film to mirror what Star Trek did in 2009 by reinventing a franchise but keeping the original storyline apart of it too. Basically, expect some type of appearance by both Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn as the older versions of their characters, respectively.
We should know soon who has been casted as the film is expected to start filming early next year.
Source: Heath Vision , Justin Kroll Twitter
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In the series - despite the poor ratings I liked it - they were developing the idea that each time someone was sent back from the future (which literally ripped them from their original timeline so in theory they could kill their younger selves without it affecting them personally) it was changing the future and not necessarily in the ways intended. So there was time travellers from different futures with different agendas - even though they were technically on the same side. It's possible that they'll create a storyline that effectively resets everything while some characters still have the knowledge of the previous events in previous timelines.