All You Need Is Kill

Emily Blunt in Talks to Join Tom Cruise in ALL YOU NEED IS KILL; Is a Top Contender for THE THIN MAN Opposite Johnny Depp

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: April 16th, 2012 at 12:49 pm

Warner Bros. is close to setting a female lead opposite Tom Cruise in the sci-fi thriller All You Need Is Kill.  Emily Blunt is in talks to pair up with Cruise in the film, which centers on a soldier in a war against aliens who finds himself reliving his last day over and over after being killed.  In the Source Code-ish story, Cruise’s character becomes a better soldier as a result of the time loop, as he’s essentially in an unending series of rounds of Call of Duty multiplayer.  If I’ve learned anything from COD, it’s that lots and lots of practice makes me slightly less sucky.  Hit the jump for more on All You Need Is Kill and the prospects of Blunt teaming up with Johnny Depp.

Director Doug Liman Talks MTV’s I JUST WANT MY PANTS BACK, ALL YOU NEED IS KILL and EVEREST

by Christina Radish    Posted: February 1st, 2012 at 10:56 am

On February 2^nd, the dramedy series I Just Want My Pants Back, executive produced by Doug Liman (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity, Go, Swingers), premieres on MTV. A funny, honest portrayal of friendships and relationships among a group of 20-something friends in Brooklyn, it tells the story of Jason Strider (Peter Vack), his best friend Tina (Kim Shaw), and Eric (Jordan Carlos) and Stacey (Elisabeth Hower). When a one night stand steals Jason’s heart and his pants, he begins a quest to get his beloved jeans back, and hopefully find the girl, while growing up along the way.

During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, Doug Liman talked about how and when he got involved with I Just Want My Pants Back, what makes MTV the perfect home for the show, the challenge of finding a talented and attractive cast of actors who was relatively unknown, and that he’s confidant they’ll get a Season 2 because he feels like the audience is going to have the same emotional response to the characters that he does. He also talked about the challenge of balancing producing the TV show with his feature film career as a director, how he’s hoping All You Need Is Kill (starring Tom Cruise) will be his next film, and that he plans to make Everest (about George Mallory and his three attempts in the early 1920′s to become the first man to climb the world’s highest mountain), after that. Check out what he had to say after the jump.

Director Doug Liman Talks ALL YOU NEED IS KILL with Tom Cruise and EVEREST; Says He Hopes KILL Is His Next Film

by Christina Radish    Posted: January 22nd, 2012 at 9:36 am

On February 2^nd, the dramedy series I Just Want My Pants Back, executive produced by Doug Liman (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity, Go, Swingers), premieres on MTV. It is a funny, honest portrayal of friendships and relationships among a group of 20-something friends in Brooklyn.

While we will run what Liman had to say about the promising new series, during a recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, closer to the premiere date, we did want to share the updates about his future projects. He said that he hopes his next project will be All You Need is Kill (about a solider fighting in a war with aliens who finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle, and becoming better skilled along the way), for Warner Bros. with Tom Cruise, and that the script is really cool and unlike anything he’s ever read. He also still hopes to make Everest (about George Mallory and his three attempts in the early 1920′s to become the first man to climb the world’s highest mountain), and is preparing to climb Mt. Washington again, as part of his research for the film. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

Tom Cruise Knows ALL YOU NEED IS KILL

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 1st, 2011 at 7:37 am

In October, we reported that Tom Cruise was in talks to star in Doug Liman‘s sci-fi action film All You Need Is Kill.  We also reported that the title had been changed to We Are Mortals, but Variety is referring to the film by its original title (which is the one I prefer since it’s catchier).  The movie is similar to Source Code in that involves a soldier getting killed over and over again.  However, this time around the soldier is involved in a war against aliens and has to keep reliving the day he was killed in battle.  However, reliving this experience makes him a better soldier.  Presumably he’ll memorize the location of all the weapon drops and how to ruin the game for anyone who doesn’t spend every waking hour playing it God I hate online first person shooters so much.

Hit the jump for more on All You Need Is Kill.  Cruise will next be seen in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which opens in IMAX on December 16th before going wide on December 21st.

Tom Cruise in Talks for Doug Liman’s WE ARE MORTALS (Formerly ALL YOU NEED IS KILL)

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: October 8th, 2011 at 11:13 am

Warner Bros. is in search of a major star to topline their adaptation of All You Need Is Kill, now going by the title We Are Mortals.  The studio first wanted Brad Pitt, a natural choice since his Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman is the man in charge of Mortals.  Pitt must not have jumped at the chance to reunite with Liman, because according to THR, Warner Bros. is in talks with Tom Cruise for the starring role.  The news is briefly mentioned in one of those “Tom Cruise Is Back!” features the trades are fond of.  (It’s worth a read if you can stomach revelations like, “[Cruise is] working cheaper at times—sources say he’s getting just $5 million for Ages.”  In other words: not worth a read.)

The premise of the Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s novel is an eye-catcher: “A young Army recruit who, despite being killed in the first day of intergalactic alien invasion of Earth, is continually resurrected Groundhog Day–style to the day before he was killed.”  Full synopsis after the jump.

Warner Bros. Wants Brad Pitt for Doug Liman’s ALL YOU NEED IS KILL and David O. Russell’s THE MISSION

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 23rd, 2011 at 3:31 pm

You know who wants Brad Pitt for their movie?  Everybody.  Vulture reports that Warner Bros. wants Pitt to star in Doug Liman’s All You Need Is Kill after deciding to put the kibosh on Liman’s far more expensive sci-fi heist flick Luna once co-fiancier Skydance dropped out.  All You Need Is Kill is based on the manga by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and it doesn’t have a bad premise: “A young Army recruit who, despite being killed in the first day of intergalactic alien invasion of Earth, is continually resurrected Groundhog Day–style to the day before he was killed.”  So you have the same worthwhile thematic ground as Source Code and Johnny Got His Gun—the soldier we can’t let rest in peace.  There were reportedly some third act problems where the protagonist “dispatches aliens in the same rote way as a twelve year old who’s played too much XBox 360,” but those problems have reportedly been resolved to the studio’s satisfaction.

Hit the jump for why this kind of interest is irrelevant for someone of Pitt’s stature.

2010 Black List Top 10 Announced; A List of the Best “Unproduced” Screenplays in Hollywood

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 13th, 2010 at 9:12 am

The 2010 Black List has been announced.  For those who don’t know, the Black List is a list of the best “unproduced” screenplays in Hollywood.  I put “unproduced” in quotations because some of these screenplays are in various stages of production.  For instance, College Republicans (formerly Young Republicans) has Shia LaBeouf and Paul Dano circling the project while Safe House has Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds on board.  J.C. Chandor’s script (which he also directed) Margin Call is the furthest along of the Top 10 as it’s already set to premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Hit the jump to check out the 2010 Black List Top Ten.

Doug Liman Confirmed to Direct ALL YOU NEED IS KILL

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: August 23rd, 2010 at 6:09 pm

We’ve been keeping tabs on All You Need is Kill for awhile now, since it was a Dante Harper spec script with a cool title and an even cooler conceit that managed to siren $3 million from Warner Bros.  Doug Liman (Fair Game) has been attached as director pretty much all summer, but according to Variety, the studio has made it official.  When we spoke with Liman last month, he was enthused by Harper’s script.

“It’s an amazing script.  It’s a wholly original piece of writing.  It delivers all of the whiz-bang satisfaction of a big Hollywood effects movie, but it does it in a completely original way.”

Hit the jump for the official synopsis, to see just what spoke to Liman so deeply.

Doug Liman Interview COVERT AFFAIRS; Plus Updates on ALL YOU NEED IS KILL and NICK TUNGSTEN, NIGHTMARE HUNTER

by Christina Radish    Posted: July 10th, 2010 at 11:50 am

In the new USA Network drama Covert Affairs (which premieres July 13th), Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) is a young CIA trainee who is thrust into the inner sanctum of the Agency when she is unexpectedly promoted to field operative. Although she has been plucked from obscurity for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be bigger reasons why her CIA bosses (Peter Gallagher and Kari Matchett) have taken an interest in her.  With her new job, Annie has to hide her life from her family and friends, including her intrusive older sister (Anne Dudek), but CIA military agent Auggie Anderson (Christopher Gorham), blinded while on assignment, does his best to make her life at the Agency a little smoother.

During a recent interview, executive producer Doug Liman talked about developing a story for the small screen versus the big screen and explained why the USA Network was the perfect fit for this project. He also gave an update on the status of All You Need is Kill and Nick Tungsten, Nightmare Hunter. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

Doug Liman’s THREE MUSKETEERS Put on Indefinite Hold; Might Direct ALL YOU NEED IS KILL Instead

by Ramses Flores    Posted: June 15th, 2010 at 8:49 pm

Director Doug Liman (Mr. and Ms. Smith) will possibly direct All You Need is Kill now that his planned adaptation of The Three Musketeers will be put on hold.  Warner Bros. planned to start production on The Three Musketeers this fall but according to Deadline it seems that the studio has decided to put the project in stasis after being beat to the finish line by Paul W.S. Anderson’s (Resident Evil) competing 3D adaptation of The Three Musketeers, which is currently in production and already set for a April 15^th, 2011 release date.

Hit the jump to find out more about All You Need is Kill along with what other projects Liman might direct next.

Warner Bros. Believes That ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, and They Are So Very, Very Right

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: April 5th, 2010 at 5:42 pm

I’m a sucker for a catchy title, and All You Need Is Kill hooks me in a major way.  It hooked Warner Bros. as well, who paid an impressive $3 million for the Dante Harper-scripted adaptation of the Hiroshi Sakurazaka novel of the same name.  Deadline’s report delves nicely into an analysis of the risks and benefits of writing a full screenplay on spec (i.e. with no deal in place).  Namely, your scripting efforts may be for naught if the studios don’t like what they read, but you get to skip the arduous pitching process and the potential financial reward is huge.  In this case, Harper came to the studio with a fully fleshed out screenplay with great potential and an awesome title.  As a reward, Kill netted the screenwriter a seven figure payday for a film that will find its way in front of the camera by this time next year.

The plot details a futuristic world invaded by aliens with a Groundhog Day twist, but I’ll let the plot synopsis for Sakurazaka’s novel do a better job of explaining it after the break.

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