Just over a month after Tom Cruise’s new development and producing deal with Warner Bros. was announced, a few projects have emerged as possibilities.
The 61-year-old actor signed the non-exclusive deal with WB in mid-January, which would also allow him to work with other studios like Paramount on his beloved Mission: Impossible franchise.
A new report from Variety reveals Warner Bros. heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy flew to London to meet with Cruise, to figure out what their first movie together under this pact would be.
Sources claim that numerous projects were discussed, one among them a sequel to Cruise’s beloved 2014 sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow.
Another project bandied about was Quentin Tarantino‘s final film, The Movie Critic, though that doesn’t currently have a studio home.
Just over a month after Tom Cruise’s new development and producing deal with Warner Bros. was announced, a few projects have emerged as possibilities
Sources claim that numerous projects were discussed, one among them a sequel to Cruise’s beloved 2014 sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow
Like every studio and streamer, Warner Bros. will be vying for The Movie Critic, though sources claim Sony may have the edge with QT’s supposedly final movie.
Sony supposedly has the edge since they distributed his last film, 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, though Warner Bros. has been spending quite heavily lately.
They have locked in big-money deals with Paul Thomas Anderson for his new film with Leonardo DiCaprio (who is taking home $20 million) and a vampire film that reunites Michael B. Jordan with longtime collaborator and director Ryan Coogler.
One source claimed that WB is spending so much because they’re trying to use these deals as assets for a possible sale of the studio.
‘The strategy at Warner Bros. right now and the reason they made some of these big star deals is they’re basically playing with other people’s money. They’re shopping for Quentin or Cruise with the notion they can use it as a shiny object that is going to be additive when Zaslav sells the company,’ the source said.
As for a possible Edge of Tomorrow sequel, there has been talk of a follow-up for nearly a decade.
The film followed Cruise’s Cage, a soldier with limited combat experience who realizes he’s stuck in a time loop that resets every time he dies.
Cage starred alongside Emily Blunt, with the film taking in just over $100 million domestic and $370.5 million worldwide from a pricey $178 million budget.
Like every studio and streamer, Warner Bros. will be vying for The Movie Critic, though sources claim Sony may have the edge with QT’s supposedly final movie
As for a possible Edge of Tomorrow sequel, there has been talk of a follow-up for nearly a decade
The project went through a slew of writers, and while Liman hinted the sequel was in the planning stages in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to that
The project went through a slew of writers, and while Liman hinted the sequel was in the planning stages in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to that
Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman signed on to return to the helm in 2016, even claiming that the sequel would, ‘revolutionize how people make sequels.’
The project went through a slew of writers, and while Liman hinted the sequel was in the planning stages in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to that.
Both Cruise and Blunt are expected to return, and while Blunt has reiterated this in many interviews, she also said she is not sure when it may finally get off the ground.
Now that Cruise has a deal in place at Warner Bros. and the need for a new project to get off the ground, it’s possible the sequel could happen at some point.
