July 31st 2024.
In 2014, a science fiction film that has been deemed an "underrated gem" by fans is still awaiting a sequel, according to its director. Doug Liman, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed Edge of Tomorrow, which starred Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, recently gave an update on the potential follow-up and his efforts to "crack it."
Despite receiving widespread praise from critics, Edge of Tomorrow did not perform exceptionally well at the box office, earning $378 million globally on a budget of $178 million. However, the film's quality has garnered a dedicated fanbase over the years, making a sequel a highly desirable prospect for Warner Bros. Liman, who is famously cautious about making sequels, has emphasized that he will not simply create a second movie because of the success of the first. He wants to ensure that the story is revisited in the best way possible before moving forward.
In a recent interview with Collider, Liman revealed, "Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise have never been better than they are right now. It would be crazy for me not to try to figure out how to make a sequel, so I am putting in the effort to crack it." Since the release of Edge of Tomorrow, Cruise has continued to have major success with the Top Gun sequel in 2022 and the ongoing Mission: Impossible franchise. Blunt, on the other hand, received an Oscar nomination for her role in Oppenheimer and recently starred in the action film The Fall Guy alongside Ryan Gosling.
Liman also acknowledged the challenges of creating a plotline involving time travel, stating that it is "really, really tough." He added, "All you have to do is try to develop a movie with time travel to realize that humans will never travel through time because it's hard to figure out a third act. So I know for a fact that humans will never travel through time, but I am still trying to figure it out." The first film introduced a clever time loop concept that the characters played by Cruise and Blunt must battle, loosely based on the Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
With a remarkable 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and a 90% audience score, Edge of Tomorrow has received praise for its thrilling action and its place as one of the most enjoyable American blockbusters of the past decade. Fans have also described it as an "underrated gem" and "one of the all-time great sci-fi movies," calling for it to receive more recognition.
While Liman admits that he would be "crazy" not to create a sequel with his talented stars, he is cautious about the pressure from Hollywood to make a follow-up film. He explains, "The system would just say, 'Go make it, it doesn't matter because it's a sequel and it will make a billion dollars.'" However, he and his stars have too much pride in their work to take the easy route. "We care too much about our craft to fall for the easy bait," Liman asserts.
The sequel to Edge of Tomorrow, previously titled Live Die Repeat and Repeat, has been in development for quite some time. In 2015, co-writer Christopher McQuarrie announced that Cruise had an idea for the sequel, and Liman signed on to direct in 2016. However, scheduling conflicts, rewrites, and other delays have slowed down the project, with Blunt confirming last year that she is still eager to shoot the sequel and is not the reason for its delay. "I would love to make it happen, but I don't know when or how. And how many Mission: Impossibles does Tom [Cruise] need?" she joked in an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
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