Tom Jolliffe looks at the enduring star power of Tom Cruise. In an age where concept and franchise rules over star, is Cruise the last great big screen movie star? From marriages in the public eye, to couch jumping, to being a poster boy for scientology, the career of Tom Cruise has brought with it […]
The Groundhog Day Formula
Tom Jolliffe looks at the continuing popularity of the time loop movie… The radio kicks on. Phil Connors (Bill Murray) wakes up to the sound of I Got You Babe, by Sonny and Cher. His day starts with a news report, a few run-ins and inconveniences and it ends…then it repeats…and so it goes, as […]
Doug Liman gives an update on Edge of Tomorrow 2 status
While doing the rounds for his pandemic heist movie Lockdown (read our ★★★ review here), Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman has been speaking to Collider about the current status of the sequel to his Tom Cruise time-loop blockbuster. The oft-discussed follow-up to one of 2014’s best movies has occupied the breaking news pages for […]
Emily Blunt says Edge Of Tomorrow sequel script is “really promising” but scheduling is still an issue
Since Edge of Tomorrow was released back in 2014, there has been plenty of demand for a sequel to Doug Liman’s time-bending sci-fi action film. However, with Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, and Liman’s commitments to other projects and franchises, the sequel is yet still to come to fruition. Now, in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Blunt […]
The Ten Best Sci-Fi Films of the 2010s
Andy Naylor shares his picks of the best sci-fi films of the past decade… Ever since I was a kid I’ve been a sci-fi geek. All my favourite movies, books, TV shows and video games are dominated by the genre, and I make no apology for this. It is just what I like. For the […]
Emily Blunt offers an update on the Edge of Tomorrow sequel
Since Edge of Tomorrow was released back in 2014, there has been plenty of demand for a sequel to Doug Liman’s time-bending sci-fi action film. However, with stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt’s commitments to other franchises and Liman seemingly struggling to crack the code on the story, there has been a consistent doubt that the sequel […]
Edge of Tomorrow sequel Live Die Repeat and Repeat officially moving ahead
It looks like the stars are finally aligning for the Edge of Tomorrow sequel, with Deadline reporting that Warner Bros. is looking to move forward on the long-rumoured Live Die Repeat and Repeat. According to the trade, screenwriter Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying) has been brought in the work on the script for the follow-up […]
Emily Blunt delayed Edge of Tomorrow sequel for Mary Poppins Returns, reveals she was never considered for Captain Marvel role
Emily Blunt, who will be seen next in the horror film A Quiet Place in April [read our review here], really solidified her place as a rising action star with Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, or Live Die Repeat as it became known on home video. The 2014 sci-fi blockbuster starring Blunt alongside Tom Cruise became a surprise favourite, with […]
Doug Liman’s next project could be Edge of Tomorrow 2
What once sounded like an unlikely dream project is now slowly becoming a reality, with director Doug Liman revealing that a sequel to Edge of Tomorrow, his much-loved sci-fi action movie, could be his next project. Liman was speaking to Collider at the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles, promoting his new YouTube series Impulse, […]
Doug Liman hoping to rebrand Edge of Tomorrow as Live Die Repeat
Director of Edge of Tomorrow, Doug Liman, wants to rebrand the movie as Live Die Repeat. Originally going by the name All You Need is Kill, the sci-fi blockbuster starring Tom Cruise eventually changed its name to Edge of Tomorrow, much to the protest of director Doug Liman. Once the film hit home video, however, […]