The Terminator reboot has found its star. Mackenzie Davis is in negotiations to join the cast that will reunite Arnold Schwarzenegger & Linda Hamilton.
Tim Miller is directing, with James Cameron and Skydance’s David Ellison producing. Skydance is also financing the film Billy Ray has signed on to polish the script that is based on a story conceived by Cameron, Miller, and Ellison.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, although Cameron has said that the film will be a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day since he played no part in the recent installments of the franchise.
Davis is intended to be the face of the rebooted franchise, in the vein of Hamilton’s character Sarah Connor in the first two movies that Cameron directed. Davis has been the studio and Miller’s top choice for a while, but the casting needed sign off from Cameron, who is currently filming the Avatar sequels.
Davis is best known for playing Cameron Howe on AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire and Yorkie in Black Mirror’s”Golden Globe-winning “San Junipero” episode.
