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Sequel to Tom Cruise’s ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Being Developed
Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse have been tapped to write the sequel to Tom Cruise and Doug Liman’s sci-fi sleeper hit Edge Of Tomorrow, Deadline reports.
The site had stated that Christopher McQuarrie was attached to direct, although McQuarrie took to Twitter to clarify that Liman is returning to the director’s chair.
Even though Cruise is the big draw, Emily Blunt’s strong female presence became the staple for why people fell in love with the sci-fi epic. Both Blunt and Cruise are returning after the first took in over $270 million worldwide.
In the film, Cruise played a military officer who is brought into an alien war against an extraterrestrial enemy who can reset the day and know the future. When this officer is enabled with the same power, he teams up with a Special Forces warrior (Blunt) to try and end the war.
As I wrote in my review:
‘Edge of Tomorrow,’ the Doug Liman-directed adaptation of “All You Need Is Kill,” manages to be a hybrid of groundbreaking films like ‘Groundhog Day’ and ‘Matrix,’ utilizing a flurry of fireworks effects and strong character development to create a sci-fi masterpiece.
Shrapnel and Whitehouse were brought on to do a rewrite of The Gray Man, based on the novel by Mark Greaney, at Sony.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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