New 'Terminator Genisys' Trailer Reveals Shocking Twist to the John and Sarah Connor Saga

Paramount Pictures' Terminator: Genisys, the fifth installment in the Terminator film franchise, is set to hit the theaters on July 1. To herald the event, the studio on Monday has just released a new trailer [via Movie Web] that reveals its plan for the reboot of the franchise series. John Connor becomes the new terminator and he's out to terminate his mother Sarah! But of course, the old guardian T-800 terminator is still there and he will do what he can to thwart Skynet's latest scheme at world domination. 

Directed by Alan Taylor from a screenplay written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier, the upcoming science fiction action movie has been described as a "reset,"which serves to act as a sequel, a prequel, and a reboot to the series. It will involve moving back and forth in time which will have Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 model character revisiting events in the earlier Terminator 1 to 4 movies.

Aside from Scharzeneggar, others confirmed in the Terminator Genisys cast include Emilia Clarke as "Sarah Connor," Jason Clake as "John Connor," Jai Courtney as "Kyle Reese," Dayo Okeniyi as "Danny Dyson," Courtney B. Vance as "Miles Dyson," Aaron Williamson as a "T-800," Byung-hung Lee as a "T-1000", J.K. Simmons, Matt Smith, Douglas Smith, and Sandrine Holt.

According to the film's synopsis, in the year 2029, John Connor, leader of the Resistance in the War against the Machines, learns of a new Skynet plot to attack him from both the past and the future to change the way the warfare will go forever. He thus sends his trusted lieutenant Kyle Reese back through time to save his mother Sarah's life and ensure his very existence, while he continues with his struggle to lead the fight against Skynet within his own timeline.  However, what Kyle finds on the other side of time is like nothing he ever expected. After being orphaned at age 9 by a Terminator, Sarah has since been brought up by another T-800 Terminator, a Model 101, that is one fitted with living tissue skin, programmed to protect her.