Hiroshi Sakurazaka's time loop/mecha versus aliens novel All You Need is Kill is getting the full Hollywood treatment in a movie starring Tom Cruise, and re-named Edge of Tomorrow (reportedly, studios have developed a reluctance to releasing movies with "Kill" in the title.)
Get a look at the latest trailer.
The film, due for release on June 6, 2014, is a British/US co-production and is directed by Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity). Emily Blunt stars as the female lead.
The epic action of “Edge of Tomorrow” 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. Lt. Col. Bill Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to little more than 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 (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.
The original novel has been released in North America by Viz's Haikasoru imprint.
#EdgeOfTomorrow is based on the novel ALL YOU NEED IS KILL by Hiroshi Sakurazaka http://t.co/AAjFut2BuG #LiveDieRepeat Please RT!
— Haikasoru (@Haikasoru) March 25, 2014
Oh, and just one more little note. ALL YOU NEED IS KILL WAS NOT ORIGINALLY A MANGA! NOT A MANGA! NOT ONE! A NOVEL, WORDS EVERYWHERE AAAAAAH!
— Haikasoru (@Haikasoru) March 25, 2014
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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