edge of tomorrow 2

Warner Bros. Advances EDGE OF TOMORROW Sequel With New Writer

On Friday, Mike Fleming Jr. over at Deadline confirmed interest at Warner Bros. in a sequel to the 2014 hit sci-fi, Edge Of Tomorrow (a.k.a. Live. Die. Repeat for its home release). The film featured Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in the story of an untrained public relations officer swept into a timeloop forcing him to re-live his death as he trains to survive amid an alien invasion. Based on Sakurazaka Hiroshi’s “All You Need Is Kill” manga, the film grossed $370.5 million dollars for the studio along with co-fi partner Village Roadshow. Talk of a sequel had since been stirring even through the press rounds for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation among others, while Deadline has it on good terms that a pitch by Matthew Robinson (The Invention Of Lying) is breathing new life into sequel prospects. Robinson will write the sequel following a draft by Joe Shrapnel and […]

EDGE OF TOMORROW Sequel Moves Forward With 'RACE' Writers

Lee B. Golden III

Deadline is reporting that Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, the screenwriters behind the Jesse Owens biopic, Race, are on board to write the sequel for the 2014 cult hit, Edge Of Tomorrow. The first film adapts the hit manga, “All You Need Is Kill”, with a plot that saw actor Tom Cruise as a public affairs military major swept into an Earthbound battle with aliens in which his own catastrophic death mingles his blood with the enemy, forcing him in a time loop that repeats the day over and over. The film drew huge favor among fans but ultimately suffered a bit on the domestic front of the box office. Deadline also reports that the goal will also be to write actress Emily Blunt back in in a fitting way that gets her back in on the action, playing a legendary sergeant. Doug Liman, who is currently attached to 20th […]