The Hollywood Reporter has an interesting analysis of the enduring popularity of one Mr Tom Cruise. In this article one new piece of casting news pops up.
Cruise is in talks to play the lead in the ‘big-budget sci-fi war pic’ ALL YOU NEED IS KILL (or possibly titled, WE MORTALS ARE). The film is set to be directed by Doug Liman (FAIR GAME, JUMPER) which is adapted from a Japanese manga by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi Abe. Here’s the manga synopsis:
When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armour and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the Bitch of War. Is the Bitch the key to Keiji’s escape, or to his final death?
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So its a bloody, war torn, version of GROUNDHOG DAY. The film is looking at a 2013 release but if your a fan of Cruise you won’t have to wait that long as the actor has another four blockbusters out before with, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL, ONE SHOT, ROCK OF AGES and the untitled Joseph Kosinski (TRON LEGECY) film. So is Cruise’s star on the rise again after a number of disappointing box office results or is this the death rattle of star power? I’m hoping on the latter.
