Movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming to Beijing on April 16, 2015. [Photo: cnr.cn]

Movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming to China.

Organizers of the Beijing International Film Festival say the actor will make a speech at the event, which begins on Thursday.

The exact date and time of the star's appearance hasn't been revealed.

Schwarzenegger has two films coming out this year - the zombie film "Maggie" and "Terminator: Genisys".

The opening and closing ceremonies for the Film Festival will be held at Yanqi Lake where the APEC meetings were held last year.

More than 900 movies representing 90 countries are to be screened. The Beijing International Film Festival will end on the April 23.