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Arnold Schwarzenegger to visit S. Korea for new ‘Terminator’

June 16, 2015

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger gestures to photographers on his arrival at a preview of his new film “Terminator Genisys” in Sydney on June 4, 2015. The film will be released in South Korea on July 2. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) — Arnold Schwarzenegger will visit South Korea to promote the fifth installment in the “Terminator” series, the movie’s importer-distributor said Tuesday.

Schwarzenegger will arrive in Seoul on June 30 for a three-day visit during which he will attend various events including a news conference to promote “Terminator Genisys,” Lotte Entertainment said.

Emilia Clarke, who plays Sarah Connor, mother to Resistance leader John Connor, will also come to South Korea on July 1-2 to join promotional activities with Schwarzenegger.

Directed by Alan Taylor, “Terminator Genisys” will serve as a prequel, sequel and reboot to the first four Terminator movies.

In the new film scheduled to open in South Korea on July 2, Schwarzenegger reprises his role as the eponymous character, along with newcomers Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney and South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun.

Schwarzenegger cemented his standing as a major Hollywood star with the first “Terminator” released in 1984. He later appeared in two “Terminator” sequels in 1991 (“Terminator: Judgment Day”) and 2003 (“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”), but was not in 2009′s “Terminator Salvation,” which starred Christian Bale and Sam Worthington.

The Terminator star last visited South Korea in 2013 for “The Last Stand,” the Hollywood debut film by South Korean director Kim Jee-woon, where he played a grumpy small town sheriff who takes on a fugitive drug baron.