--- title: Linda Hamilton Will Return for Terminator Sequel description: The new movie will also see Arnold Schwarzenegger reprise his role as the insatiable killer robot from the future. canonical: https://time.com/4949894/linda-hamilton-terminator/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-20T17:19:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:25.071Z og:title: Linda Hamilton Will Be Back to the Terminator Franchise og:description: It's been over 25 years since the actress last played Sarah Connor og:url: https://time.com/4949894/linda-hamilton-terminator/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fc9bfa5f9b8d83f/698859303c1639e85f458a87/sarah-connor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2700 og:image:height: 1519 og:image:alt: sarah-connor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Linda Hamilton Will Be Back to the Terminator Franchise twitter:description: It's been over 25 years since the actress last played Sarah Connor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fc9bfa5f9b8d83f/698859303c1639e85f458a87/sarah-connor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Linda Hamilton Will Be Back to the _Terminator_ Franchise > Sponsored content. 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The Terminator first came to theaters in 1984 with Linda Hamilton starring as the iconic Sarah Connor. Four films later, Arnold Schwarzenegger is still the titular terminator, but franchise newcomer Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones fame joins as a reboot of Connor.Orion Pictures; Paramount  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 20, 2017 5:19 PM UTC It’s been more than 25 years since [Linda Hamilton](http://time.com/female-action-heroes/) was seen onscreen in the role of the fierce mother and fighter Sarah Connor, facing off against mortal robot enemies in 1991’s action blockbuster [_Terminator 2: Judgment Day_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/?ref%5F=nm%5Fflmg%5Fact%5F55). Now, the _Hollywood Reporter_[ shares](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/linda-hamilton-set-return-terminator-franchise-1040948) that Hamilton will be returning to the [James-Cameron-helmed](http://time.com/4915313/wonder-woman-james-cameron-objectified-icon/) franchise reboot alongside co-star [Arnold Schwarzenegger](http://time.com/4906106/arnold-schwarzenegger-white-supremecists-nazi-trump/), set to come out sometime in 2019. Hamilton, who has [kept up an acting career](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000157/?ref%5F=nv%5Fsr%5F1) in the intervening decades, originated Connor’s [iconic character ](http://time.com/4866517/tessa-thompson-thor-westworld/)in the 1984 first installment of the action series. But she (and then-husband Cameron) stepped away from the franchise for some of the sequel films. Now the original team is back together to tell the story of what takes place in the dystopian universe after the events of the 1991 movie. “As meaningful as she was to gender and action stars everywhere back then, it’s going to make a huge statement to have that seasoned warrior that she’s become return,” Cameron said at a private event, according to[ _The Hollywood Reporter._](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/linda-hamilton-set-return-terminator-franchise-1040948) “There are 50-year-old, 60-year-old guys out there killing bad guys, but there isn’t an example of that for women.” Recently, Cameron [drew ire for his controversial comments](http://time.com/4915313/wonder-woman-james-cameron-objectified-icon/) about the _Wonder Woman_ movie, statements [contested](http://time.com/4915423/patty-jenkins-james-cameron-wonder-woman-response/) by that film’s director Patty Jenkins. _Wonder Woman_ — the first major superhero movie focused on a female star — made waves in the industry with [its box office success](http://fortune.com/2017/06/25/wonder-woman-box-office/) and popularity, proving female action leads can be bankable for Hollywood after all. Cameron is also signed up to work on a series of sequels for his futuristic and otherworldly [_Avatar_ franchise.](http://time.com/4294485/avatar-sequels/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4949894/linda-hamilton-terminator/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4949894/linda-hamilton-terminator/"},"headline":"Linda Hamilton Will Be Back to the Terminator Franchise","datePublished":"2017-09-20T17:19:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:25.071Z","description":"The new movie will also see Arnold Schwarzenegger reprise his role as the insatiable killer robot from the future.","url":"https://time.com/4949894/linda-hamilton-terminator/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Terminator"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fc9bfa5f9b8d83f/698859303c1639e85f458a87/sarah-connor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fc9bfa5f9b8d83f/698859303c1639e85f458a87/sarah-connor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"sarah-connor","caption":"The Terminator first came to theaters in 1984 with Linda Hamilton starring as the iconic Sarah Connor. 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