“Zero Dark Thirty” star Jason Clarke is in early talks to play John Connor in the new “Terminator” movie from Paramount, Annapurna Pictures and Skydance Productions, an individual close to the project has told TheWrap.
Alan Taylor (“Thor: The Dark World”) is directing the reboot of the blockbuster sci-fi franchise, which was expected to cast its female lead of Sarah Connor before her heroic son, who leads the human resistance in the war against machines in the “Terminator” mythology.
Hollywood has been waiting with baited breath to see who would land the coveted role, which is expected to go to either Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”) or Brie Larson (“Short Term 12”).