Emily Blunt Still Hopeful For EDGE OF TOMORROW 2, But Feels Script "Would Only Have Worked Eight Years Ago"

Emily Blunt Still Hopeful For EDGE OF TOMORROW 2, But Feels Script "Would Only Have Worked Eight Years Ago"

Emily Blunt believes that long-gestating sequel to 2014's Edge of Tomorrow will still come together, but feels the current script would "only have worked if we shot it eight years ago."

By MarkCassidy - Dec 05, 2023 09:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Edge of Tomorrow
Source: Via SFF Gazette

Even though it didn't perform particularly well at the box office, 2014's Edge of Tomorrow is widely regarded as a sci-fi/action gem that doesn't get the recognition it deserves. The movie did receive a second lease of life on home release, and a sequel was officially announced back in 2016... and still hasn't materialized.

We have had a number of positive updates from director Doug Liman and stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, with the latter confirming that the latest draft of the script has been completed earlier this year. Liman even revealed that the title will be "Live Die Repeat and Repeat" in a 2018 interview (things may have changed on that front).

So, what's the hold-up?

Well, Cruise has been a very busy man, and Blunt hasn't exactly been short of major roles herself. During a new interview with Variety, the A Quiet Place actress said it's all down to timing, but she is still hopeful that the sequel will happen at some point.

"Doug (Liman) and I talk all the time about it. I know Tom wants to do it, hopefully, at some point. But it's timing, but it's also been ten years since we made it. There was an amazing script in the works, but I think it would only have worked if we shot it eight years ago. I'm not saying we're that ancient, but you have to factor in it's been ten years."

It sounds like that script from Matthew Robinson (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Love and Monsters) may need a rewrite, which would obviously set the project back even more. Once Cruise finishes up on the final Mission: Impossible movie, there's a chance his schedule will open up and he'll turn his attention to the Edge of Tomorrow sequel.

What do you think? Are you still hyped for a second EOT movie, or do you think the time has passed? Be sure to drop us a comment down below.

"The epic action of this sci-fi thriller unfolds in a near-future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again…and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy."

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marvel72
marvel72 - 12/5/2023, 9:04 PM
The first movie was great,this is how you do a strong female lead.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/5/2023, 9:15 PM
@marvel72 - The first movie would've been called woke trash and mocked for underperforming at the box office.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/5/2023, 9:41 PM
@EskimoJ -

Yup!!!


These chuds have brain rot 🤡
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/5/2023, 9:41 PM
@EskimoJ - Maybe but the latest Mission Impossible movie had strong female roles but their not called woke.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/5/2023, 9:43 PM
@AmazingFILMporg -

AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/5/2023, 9:46 PM
@marvel72 -


That guy is such a fraud. He is a closet homosexual that grabs his employees cocks.


Why are a lot of grifters in the conservative party?
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/5/2023, 9:58 PM
@AmazingFILMporg -

I have seen you say this. What is chud?
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/5/2023, 10:20 PM
@DocSpock -


I'm a porg. I have no idea what I'm talking about. Pay me no attention.💁
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 12/6/2023, 7:29 AM
@EskimoJ - "The first movie would've been called woke trash and mocked for underperforming at the box office."

This is a lie. The only people that say a female lead equals woke is people on the Left politically and who either fell for the gaslighting or lit the gas themselves.
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 12/6/2023, 1:00 PM
@marvel72 - That's cause Doug's not a feminist.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/5/2023, 9:06 PM
The first is a great sci-fi action flick. Hope it gets a sequel eventually.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 12/5/2023, 9:13 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - it really is
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/5/2023, 11:04 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - I'm not sure how a sequel could work. What, Tom Cruise's character has to go through a loop again? It's almost like making a sequel to Groundhog Day. Both are awesome original films. A sequel just isn't necessary.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 12/5/2023, 9:15 PM
I'm not the biggest Tom cruise fan, but I absolutely loved this movie. I wish they would've made a sequel years ago
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/5/2023, 9:15 PM
Loved this film. 🤞🏾 they get that sequel soon.
Orangeblack
Orangeblack - 12/5/2023, 9:37 PM
I hope she's not implying some multiverse story.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/5/2023, 10:01 PM

This movie was pretty good, but not the epic so many people here on CBM say it was.

This does not deserve a sequel.

AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/5/2023, 10:21 PM
@DocSpock -

Yeah!


It's ok to just have one film. It was great. Let it go💪
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/5/2023, 10:54 PM
@AmazingFILMporg -

Your message also applies to I am Legend.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/5/2023, 11:05 PM
@DocSpock -


legit was the end. Like...he died💁


This is will smith trying hard to regain some fame.😂



A lot of films you can argue didn't need to continue but atleast there was an opening for a sequel.

Halloween had Michael disappear in the end.


Alien had the alien die at the end but you knew there was a race of them out there and the hero of that film survived so there was an opening for a sequel.💁

lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/5/2023, 11:06 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - @DocSpock

I 100% agree with you both.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/5/2023, 11:14 PM
@AmazingFILMporg -

Alien is my favorite horror film of all time. Aliens is my favorite sci-fi film of all time.

I loved Halloween 1 & 2.

I was in my 20s at the time of all 4 of these, so this stuff was perfect.

Just like the Empire Strikes back.



DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/5/2023, 11:16 PM
@lazlodaytona - @AmazingFILMporg

I 100% agree with you both.

That's makes both of you freakin' geniuses!

AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/5/2023, 11:21 PM
@DocSpock -


When the world ends (and it will) the films I will take into my bunker if I can only take 10 films will be:


Halloween.

T2.

Aliens.

Shawshank redemption.

Infinity war./endgame

The dark knight.


Scream.


Predator.


Forest Gump.


These are the films I will watch when the apocalypse is happening outside.🥲





DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/5/2023, 11:34 PM
@AmazingFILMporg -

Now, I am truly scared. All of those are among my all-time favorite movies.

We watched Forest Gump yesterday. Shawshank is my wife's all-time favorite movie.

AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/5/2023, 11:37 PM
@DocSpock -


Docspock.....




We are the same person. I've been trying to tell you but something always came up.



Somehow my alter ego (you) made an account and became self aware.....



Hello.....self😐
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/5/2023, 11:44 PM
@AmazingFILMporg -

LOL! We are completely opposed politically(to the Nth degree), but certainly have very similar tastes in entertainment.(Except for the last Star Wars trilogy)

When I was little in 1961/1962, my Dad read me Superman comics, not fairy tales. he also got me all into sci-fi novels & movies in the late 60s/early 70s.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/5/2023, 11:53 PM
@DocSpock -


I hated the last star was trilogy. The force awakens was ok though but after the last two films it just leaves a terrible taste in your mouth.



My dad and I would watch horror films all the time. When he first showed me T2 my face melted🔥🙂


I was 3 when it came out but saw it at age 6. Still remember that day🥲
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/5/2023, 11:57 PM
@AmazingFILMporg -

Interesting. I thought from your name, you liked the last sh!tty SW trilogy. I stand happily corrected.

MadThanos
MadThanos - 12/6/2023, 12:14 AM
@AmazingFILMporg -

Hello weirdos

AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/6/2023, 12:23 AM
@DocSpock -


My race of people are the only good thing to come out of those abomination films😐
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/6/2023, 12:24 AM
@MadThanos -


How's it hanging? Low I hope.🙂
Timerider
Timerider - 12/6/2023, 6:39 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - I would also bring Back to the Future and Top Gun Maverick.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 12/6/2023, 12:33 AM
If they plot the sequel carefully it can still work. I'm always hopeful.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 12/6/2023, 2:47 AM
I can't believe it's been that long. Kind of depressing lol.
S8R8M
S8R8M - 12/6/2023, 4:08 AM
I love this movie. I hope they make more.
dragon316
dragon316 - 12/6/2023, 4:19 AM
Look how many years for second top gun was made
RealTurner
RealTurner - 12/6/2023, 8:44 AM
@dragon316 - Right, but that also acknowleged the time that had past. She's saying the script they had for this wasn't set 10 years later in terms of the characters ages.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 12/6/2023, 4:23 AM
We had great movies 10 years ago. Maybe it’s time to go back to go forward?

But I don’t think that one needs a sequel. It’s great as a stand alone film.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 12/6/2023, 7:34 AM
@JustAWaffle - That's actually what they were planning. The director came out years ago and said it would be like a sequel/prequel, not a pure sequel.
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