Showing posts with label Tom Cruise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom Cruise. Show all posts

Monday, July 15, 2013

'All You Need is Kill" is now 'Edge of Tomorrow'

“Edge of Tomorrow” has been announced as the title of the upcoming sci-fi thriller starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, directed by Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity") and based on the book "All You Need is Kill."

Warner Bros. also released a new poster.
The movie, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, is set for release on June 6, 2014, and the first look at footage from the film will be unveiled by the Studio at this year’s International Comic-Con: San Diego on Saturday, July 20. The announcement was made today (Monday) by Sue Kroll, president, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.

“We are extremely pleased to be able to give the Comic-Con audience, who’ve always been so supportive of us, the first peek at footage from ‘Edge of Tomorrow.’ The movie has all of us at the Studio very excited, and we can’t wait to see the reactions of fans who know and love the sci-fi genre so well,” Kroll said.

The action of “Edge of Tomorrow” unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Morgan Freeman joining Tom Cruise in 'Oblivion'

The cast of Tom Cruise's sci-fi thriller "Oblivion" continues to grow with the news that "Game of Thrones" star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is joining the project.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Directed by Joseph Kosinski ("TRON: Legacy") and based on his graphic novel, the film will be set in a future in which most people live in the sky with the surface unlivable and crawling with deadly aliens. A repairman on the surface (Cruise) discovers a crash-landed pod containing a woman, changing his life forever.

According to Deadline, Coster-Waldau, who is portraying Jamie Lannister in "Game of Thrones," will play Sykes, a military and weapons expert.

Coster-Waldau's involvement comes on the heels of the news, also broken by Deadline, that Morgan Freeman ("Wanted') has joined the cast as well. His role is not known at this time.

William Monahan ("The Departed," "Kingdom of Heaven") wrote the screenplay. The film is set for a July 19, 2013, release with production expected to begin this fall.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Atwell, Davalos and Pike may take 'One Shot' at Tom Cruise

Hayley Atwell
Paramount has shortlisted the actresses in contention to be Tom Cruise's leading lady in the adaptation of Jack Reacher novel "One Shot."

 According to Heat Vision, the actresses in the running are Hayley Atwell ("Captain America: The First Avenger," "The Duchess"), Alexa Davalos ("Clash of the Titans," "The Chronicles of Riddick") and Rosamund Pike ("Made in Dagenham," "Die Another Day"). The role is "a tough lawyer and daughter of the district attorney."

Rosamund Pike
"One Shot" is one of 15 Lee Child novels featuring Jack Reacher, a drifting former military police officer traveling the country and getting involved in a variety of adventures. Cruise is physically nothing like the character of  Reacher, who is described as 6'5", 220 to 250 and having dirty blond hair.

Reacher first appeared in 1997's "Killing Floor." "One Shot" is his ninth book, published in 2005.

Alexa Davalos
In "One Shot," Reacher investigates a case involving a sniper accused of killing five people. He quickly realizes this isn't the open and shut case everyone else is making it out to be.

 Christopher McQuarrie will write and direct the adaptation. Although his only directing credit to date is 2000's "The Way of the Gun," his writing resume includes "The Usual Suspects," "Valkyrie" (which starred Cruise) and the forthcoming "Jack the Giant Killer." 

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Tom Cruise will play Jack Reacher in 'One Shot'

It's official. Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher.

Deadline is reporting that Cruise has been signed by Paramount and Skydance Productions to star in the adaptation of author Lee Child's "One Shot," one of 15 books featuring Jack Reacher.


Tom Cruise
Reacher is a drifter, a former military police officer traveling the country and getting involved in a variety of adventures. Unlike Cruise, Reacher is described as 6'5", 220 to 250 and having dirty blond hair.

Reacher first appeared in 1997's "Killing Floor." "One Shot" is his ninth book, published in 2005.

In "One Shot," Reacher investigates a case involving a sniper accused of killing five people. He quickly realizes this isn't the open and shut case everyone else is making it out to be.

According to the report, Christopher McQuarrie will write and direct the adaptation. Although his only directing credit to date is 2000's "The Way of the Gun," his writing resume includes "The Usual Suspects," "Valkyrie" (which starred Cruise) and the forthcoming "Jack the Giant Killer."

Monday, June 13, 2011

Tom Cruise to take his 'One Shot' as Jack Reacher?

Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher? Perhaps.

Deadline is reporting Cruise is in negotiations with Paramount and Skydance Productions to star in the adaptation of author Lee Child's "One Shot," one of 15 books featuring Jack Reacher.

Tom Cruise
Reacher is a drifter, a former military police officer traveling the country and getting involved in a variety of adventures. Unlike Cruise, Reacher is described as 6'5", 220 to 250 and having dirty blond hair.

Reacher first appeared in 1997's "Killing Floor." "One Shot" is his ninth book, published in 2005.

According to the report, Christopher McQuarrie will write and direct the adaptation. Although his only directing credit to date is 2000's "The Way of the Gun," his writing resume includes "The Usual Suspects," "Valkyrie" and the forthcoming "Jack the Giant Killer."