To Oblivion & Back With Tom Cruise

To Oblivion & Back With Tom Cruise

Deadline is reporting that Tom Cruise has committed to Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion, based on Kosinski's graphic novel of the same name that will be produced by Universal.

By EdGross - May 20, 2011 02:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Deadline

Details Deadline, "Disney acquired the graphic novel in a heated auction last summer, and Universal was one of the studios that also chased it. It takes place in an apocalyptic future where most of the population lives in clouds above an earth surface that has been rendered uninhabitable. Cruise will play a soldier who's stuck alone on the planet, repairing the drones that patrol and destroy a savage alien life form. He encounters a beautiful woman who crashes in a craft, and their experience together forces him to question his world view. Disney allowed Kosinski to shop it because it didn't fit its family-film mold and attempts to rein it in to a PG rating was creatively strangling the project. It will be PG-13."

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nuck82
nuck82 - 5/20/2011, 2:33 PM
sooo the jettsons? lol

sounds good
Timbolia
Timbolia - 5/20/2011, 2:45 PM
Not sure I buy the creative restrictions line. Is PG 13 really that big a deal? Disney let him go because Tron stank.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 5/20/2011, 2:51 PM





-Oblivion is a futuristic science fiction love story that takes place in an apocalyptic future where most of the population lives in clouds above an earth surface that has been rendered for the most part uninhabitable. An earthbound soldier -- stuck there repairing drones that patrol and blast a savage alien life form -- encounters a beautiful woman who crashed in a craft, and they have an experience that forces him to question his world view.



Kosinski made his feature directorial debut on Tron: Legacy. That film just hit the $400 million worldwide gross mark for Disney, and the studio has a Tron sequel and other projects with Kosinski.
StingrayX
StingrayX - 5/20/2011, 2:56 PM
lol...have you guys noticed that the mosted hated trolls always post first? classic!
ManOfKrypton
ManOfKrypton - 5/20/2011, 3:01 PM
Is the graphic novel out yet?
nuck82
nuck82 - 5/20/2011, 3:02 PM
im hated? lol and or a troll? maybe a sexy troll
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 5/20/2011, 3:07 PM
NO PROBLEMO GRIF HIGH FIVE
ManThing
ManThing - 5/20/2011, 3:08 PM
Is Xenu in the graphic novel?
Dmon
Dmon - 5/20/2011, 3:16 PM
@Juggernaut Tom Cruise is Xenu lol
ManThing
ManThing - 5/20/2011, 3:44 PM
aw my bad lol
Spilox
Spilox - 5/20/2011, 3:53 PM
@Gunsmith, wasn't Tron: legacy the sequal to Tron ;)?

Anywho, i wasn't realy a fan of Tron, and the last Scifi movie Tom Cruise starred in(war of the world if i recall it right) sucked balls. So i think i'm gonna skip this one. Although the Graphic Novel might be worth checking out.

Spock
Spock - 5/20/2011, 5:00 PM
Well it looks interesting just never heard of it. NIce pics Gunsmith!
Spock
Spock - 5/20/2011, 5:08 PM
Kind of like Final Fantasy meets Jetsons. I get that NUck82!
YourMomNaked
YourMomNaked - 5/20/2011, 6:32 PM
This is the sort of stuff Cruise should be doing. Really enjoyed TRON, too.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 5/20/2011, 6:53 PM
I LEAVE ARTICLES TO THE COOL GUYS LIKE ROR AND LEEE AND ED...TO ME THEY ARE BAD AZZ.. ..I RATHER THROW IN MINI ARTICLES IN ARTICLES. AND LEGACY IS TRON 2,,HMM.. IF SEQUEL IS ONLY MEANING SECOND, COULD IT ALSO MEAN THIRD? COOL IF NOT MY BAD.
hero1684
hero1684 - 5/20/2011, 8:13 PM
Sounds like a cool movie, but Tom Cruise needs to go away!!!!
Spilox
Spilox - 5/21/2011, 4:03 AM
@gunsmith, it probably could ;)
Rodimus9
Rodimus9 - 5/21/2011, 5:41 AM
Is this like the game? I didnt play it, was just curious.
krzfter
krzfter - 5/21/2011, 3:19 PM
Don't know anything about Oblivion but the pictures it looks really cool. Hopefully this will revive Tom Cruise's career. Stop hating on the guy, I sure we all have a moment in our lives where we acted a little silly.
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