Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed that he will return to the Terminator franchise.
Schwarzenegger is set to reprise his role as the killer cyborg in the fifth instalment of the series.
Schwarzenegger announced his return to Terminator while attending the 21st Century Financial Education Summit seminar in Australia, The Arnold Fans report.
“I’m very happy that the studios want me to be in Terminator 5 and to star AS the Terminator, which we start shooting in January [2014],” he said.
Terminator 5 is the follow up to director McG’s fourth instalment – Terminator Salvation – that was released back in 2009. It starred Christian Bale and Sam Worthington.
Schwarzenegger will soon be seen alongside Sylvester Stallone in Escape Plan, which is directed by Mikael Håfström (Evil).
He is also reported to be in talks for a remake of 1980s cult favourite Toxic Avenger, directed by Hot Tub Time Machine‘s Steve Pink.