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All You Need Is Kill
By: Mac Date: December 2, 2011, 9:35 am
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I really try to shy away from the rumor mill. It’s interesting
to read, but I do not take much stock in it. But because there
are some fans of comics and graphic novels here, I thought this
news would at least appeal to you
[quote]Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) will direct Tom Cruise
in an adaptation of the Japanese comic book, ‘All You Need Is
Kill’. Read on for the film’s tentative production timeline.
Word that Warner Bros. was looking at Tom Cruise as the
potential star of the All You Need Is Kill comic book adaptation
– a project previously said to have been re-titled We Are
Mortals – popped up a couple months ago (from the time of
writing this). The bankable star has at last agreed to headline
the sci-fi/action flick.
Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) has long been attached to helm
the All You Need Is Kill movie, but was previously looking to
make the expensive sci-fi thriller Luna his next directorial
project. Now that the latter is no longer being co-financed by
Skydance, it has been put on the backburner – freeing up Liman
to press ahead with his manga-based film instead.
The original All You Need Is Kill storyline revolves around a
young Japanese soldier who joins the army, in order to
participate in a war against an invading alien force. However,
when the young man is killed in battle, he finds himself reborn
each morning, ready to fight (and die) on the same day again. In
other words, it’s an action-packed sci-fi variation on Groundhog
Day – or, rather, Source Code, minus the human-designed
technological component that allows the main character to
re-experience time over and over.
Dante Harper (the upcoming Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters)
penned the original draft of the All You Need Is Kill film
adaptation’s script. Variety says that Harper’s screenplay is
currently being retooled by Joby Harold, so that the main
character fits the age of 49-year-old Cruise.
Harold, for the record, was the writer-director of the
much-derided 2007 Hayden Christensen psycho-thriller Awake. Make
of that what you will.
Source Code, as it were, was scripted by Ben Ripley – a fellow
whose previous writing credits (ex. Species III and Species: The
Awakening) also didn’t exactly inspire much confidence. While
that final product was ultimately well-liked by professional and
casual moviegoers alike, the film has also (fairly) been
criticized as a movie that doesn’t fully deliver on the
potential of its premise.
Getting to the point: Liman has likewise often been cited as a
capable filmmaker who nonetheless has failed to fully capitalize
on the ingenious ideas and concepts behind many of his projects
– be it still well-received titles such as Mr. and Mrs. Smith
and Fair Game or a less-than-popular flick such as Jumper. So,
one has to wonder if history will repeat itself (pun not
intended) and Liman’s All You Need Is Kill adaptation will be a
decent, but somewhat underwhelming action flick.
That said – most would agree that Cruise still has what it takes
to be a great action hero onscreen (see: early footage of him in
the upcoming Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol). So, his
involvement with Liman’s new project reads all the more as being
a good thing, in that regard.
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The All You Need Is Kill adaptation (which may still be titled
We Are Mortals) is expected to begin production by the last
quarter of 2012, after Cruise completes his work on director
Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion movie.[/quote]
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Re: All You Need Is Kill
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 2, 2011, 9:44 am
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I actually like Doug Liman as a filmmaker. My concern is with
Tom Cruise. He has a tendency to ask for far too many script
changes on all his projects. So, exactly how faithful will All
You Need Is Kill remain to the original source material? I just
have this bad feeling that he is gonna make it to unrecognizable
from what it is. I'm not bashing the movie, just....concerned is
all.
#Post#: 21029--------------------------------------------------
Re: All You Need Is Kill
By: Mac Date: July 18, 2013, 11:59 am
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[glow=red,2,300] 'All You Need is Kill' Retitled 'Edge of
Tomorrow'[/glow]
[quote]Briefly: Just in time for its Comic-Con unveiling later
this week, Warner Bros has announced an official title
change/update for the sci-fi movie All You Need is Kill. Or,
formerly known as All You Need is Kill, based on the book of
that name by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Now it's titled Edge of
Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton,
directed by Doug Liman. From a screenplay by Dante Harper, the
story follows an officer (Cruise) fighting a futuristic war
against an alien race who gets caught in a suicidal time loop,
forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over,
fighting and dying again and again. Edge of Tomorrow seems like
a good time loop title, though it does have a bit of a Bond ring
to it. Check out the latest photo from the movie and the first
teaser poster below [/quote]
HTML http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/img7/EdgeofTomorrowbigposterCruise1sv.jpg
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Re: All You Need Is Kill
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 18, 2013, 12:02 pm
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Should have stuck with the original name. All You Need is Kill
is the source material, honor it by calling it that!
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Re: All You Need Is Kill
By: Mac Date: July 18, 2013, 12:08 pm
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Agree, and not only that, Edge of Tomorrow sounds so blah
#Post#: 21035--------------------------------------------------
Re: All You Need Is Kill
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 18, 2013, 12:08 pm
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I wonder who is really behind the name change.
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Re: All You Need Is Kill
By: Mac Date: August 1, 2013, 4:29 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt star in Edge Of
Tomorrow posters: Comic-Con 2013[/glow]
HTML http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/t/tom-cruise-and-emily-blunt-star-in-edge-of-tomorrow-posters-comic-con-2013-140712-a-1374477045-470-75.jpg
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Re: All You Need Is Kill
By: Chiprocks1 Date: August 1, 2013, 4:31 pm
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I went to Comic Con with the intent of scoring some one-sheets
for the movie, but I couldn't find any, anywhere. But then
again, I didn't see one living soul that had one either.
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