Doug Liman, who directed Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow and the upcoming Mena, is about to work with the international superstar again. The director’s long-gestating sci-fi project Luna Park could finally get made now that Cruise is aboard.
The news was first reported by Variety, which cautions that it is still in the very early stages of development. The project would be set up at Paramount, which previously greenlit the film in 2011. However, Luna Park was halted at the time when Skydance dropped out when the budget eclipsed $100 million.
It’s not clear if Skydance will be involved again, but considering that Skydance has worked so closely and successfully with Paramount in recent years, it seems unlikely that David Ellison’s company wouldn’t be interested. Skydance also worked on Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Jack Ryan and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, all films starring Cruise and released by Paramount.
Luna Park is about renegade employees who take a trip to the moon to steal an energy source.
Cruise and Liman, who also directed Mr. & Mrs. Smith, first worked together on 2014’s Edge of Tomorrow and reunited for Mena. That film hits theaters in January 2017.
It’s not clear when Luna Park could go before the cameras. Cruise is supposed to make Jack Reacher 2 next, then another M: I film.
There’s also been rumors for a long time that Liman was in talks to direct Tom Hardy’s Splinter Cell, but it doesn’t look like that is going to happen any time soon.
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