MUMBAI: Indian fans of the fiction action film Terminator Genisys have a reason to rejoice. The much awaited movie is premiering for the very first time on Indian television on 12 June 2016 at 1 pm exclusively on HBO.

Directed by Alan Taylor and written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick, the fifth instalmentof the franchise, stars Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as the eponymous, along with Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke and Jai Courtney. The film's plot follows soldier Kyle Reese in the war against Skynet, who is sent from the year 2029 to 1984 by John Connor, leader of the Human Resistance, to protect Connor's mother Sarah Connor. However, once Reese goes back in time, he discovers Sarah has been raised by a reprogrammed Terminator.

The movie’s marketing campaign across social media pages of HBO is set to ignite the imagination of moviegoers across India. HBO will give a chance to movie enthusiasts to participate in the terminator era by creating their own customised gif & also stand a chance to win exclusive Terminator merchandise. Other exciting contests include uploading a photo of a daily object as a possible weapon on the Instagram page with the hashtag #TerminatorOnHBO.and a twitter battle for the movie buffs. The tweet battle will run a poll for the fans to choose where their loyalty lies- with the power of machine or emotions of a human by commenting with the hashtag #ManVsMachine.

Directed by Alan Taylor, Terminator Genisys stars; Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J. K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniy, iMatt, Smith, Courtney B. Vance, Lee Byung-hun.