Update: Christopher McQuarrie has taken to Twitter to clarify that he is not attached to direct the Edge of Tomorrow sequel, which is still in the hands of the first filmās director, Doug Liman. Limanās schedule remains a factor however as the directorĀ will helmĀ Amazon StudiosāĀ The Wall this summer which he will follow-up with Foxās X-Men spin-off, Gambit, at the end of the year.
Deadline brings word that the Edge of Tomorrow sequel is moving along in development as Race writersĀ Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse have been brought on to script the film. The pair also wrote a draft of Christopher McQuarrieāsĀ The Gray Man for Sony Pictures.
McQuarrie previouslyĀ spoke about the prospect of a sequel, revealing star Tom Cruise had an idea for the film.
āEdge of Tomorrow was so hard and was so draining. When we went out to dinner when we were making Mission and Tom said, āI have an idea for the sequel to Edge,ā and I said, āI donāt want to f***ing hear it. I do not want to know!ā And he pitched the idea to me and he finished pitching it, I was like, āWhy did you do that?'ā
TheĀ Edge of Tomorrow sequel would see the return of Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, though how the film will continue the events of the first remains to be seen.
Directed by Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow brought in just north of $100 million at the domestic box office, and cleared $370 million worldwide. The film also starredĀ Bill Paxton, Noah Taylor, Kick Gurry, Dragomir Mrsic, Charlotte Riley, Jonas Armstrong, Franz Drameh, Masayoshi Haneda and Tony Way. The movie was based on the acclaimed novel āAll You Need is Killā by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
