Emily Blunt and Tom Cruie are both keen for a sequel (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures)

Doug Liman has confirmed that he is one step closer to a sequel to the surprise sci-fi hit Edge Of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise.

A sequel had been rumoured but had yet to materialise with it being reported that sacheuling conflicts were at the heart of the matter.

Now though Liman, who also worked with Cruises on 2017’s American Made, has confirmed that they are ‘frantically’ working on a script as there is only a small ‘window where we could go do it’.

The film was based on a screenplay adapted from the 2004 Japanese light novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, set in a future where Earth is invaded by an alien race.




It received warm praise from critics, and although Liman admitted there has been no pressure from the studio to make a sequel, Cruise and co-star Emily Blunt are both keen as long as the story is right.

‘It’s one of those movies that we’ll only go make if we love the script. It’s not one of those things where the studio is pushing us to make it and they don’t really care if it’s good or not,’ Liman told Collider.

‘We’re going to make it if we believe in it. We have a story that the three of us love, so we’re working hard on the script.’

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