Former 'Doctor Who' Star Matt Smith Joins The 'Terminator' Cast

Sci-Fi Worlds Are Colliding! Check Out Matt Smith's New Role
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 file photo British actor Matt Smith poses for the photographers as he arrives for a reception at Buckingham Palace, in central London. An energetic musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel "American Psycho," about a soulless yuppie serial killer at large in 1980s Manhattan, has opened on stage in London, Dec. 2013. The show stars Matt Smith, best known as the galaxy-hopping hero of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool, File)
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 file photo British actor Matt Smith poses for the photographers as he arrives for a reception at Buckingham Palace, in central London. An energetic musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel "American Psycho," about a soulless yuppie serial killer at large in 1980s Manhattan, has opened on stage in London, Dec. 2013. The show stars Matt Smith, best known as the galaxy-hopping hero of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool, File)

It’s a beautiful thing when two science fiction worlds collide: Former “Doctor Who” star Matt Smith has been cast in the upcoming reboot of the “Terminator” franchise.

We don't have a TARDIS, but we do have a Time Lord: we're pleased to welcome Matt Smith to the cast of #Terminator.

— Skydance Productions (@Skydance) May 2, 2014

On Friday, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions announced that Smith will play a new character “with a strong connection to John Connor.”

The upcoming film, slated for a July 1, 2015 worldwide distribution, will be the first in a trilogy. Deadline originally reported that Smith’s yet unnamed role would be expanded thoroughly in the second and third films.

Directed by Alan Taylor, the "Terminator" movie will also star Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi, Byung Hun Lee and, the man himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Since ending his time playing The Doctor on the British series, Smith has starred in the musical stage adaptation of “American Psycho” in London. The actor will next be seen in the upcoming film “Lost River” directed by Ryan Gosling.

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