Annapurna Pictures and Skydance Productions have hired Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier to write the screenplay for Terminator 5.

Laeta Kalogridis is best known for writing the Martin Scorsese-directed adaptation Shutter Island. She also worked on the Avatar script with James Cameron, and produced the upcoming White House Down. Patrick Lussier most recently directed Drive Angry and My Bloody Valentine 3D.

We reported last month that David Ellison signed on to produce with his sister Megan Ellison. David Ellison's Skydance Productions is responsible for blockbusters such as Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol and G.I. Joe Retaliation 3D, while his sister Megan Ellison is behind Oscar-nominated dramas such as The Master, Silver Linings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty.

The project still does not have a director yet after Justin Lin bowed out in September 2011. It hasn't been confirmed if Arnold Schwarzenegger will return to the franchise.