Emilia Clarke will play iconic heroine Sarah Connor in the Terminator reboot from Skydance, AnnaPurna, and Paramount Pictures. The part marks Clarke’s first major role since breaking out as Mother of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

Clarke, who reportedly beat out Brie Larson (“United States of Tara”) for the part, is the first cast since Arnold Schwarzenegger was announced to be reprising his role as the T-800. Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) is in talks to portray John Connor.

Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) is attached to direct the Terminator remake from a script by Laeta Kalogridis (Pathfinder) and Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry). The film is slated to open in theaters July 1, 2015.