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| Tom Cruise to star in Japanese sci-fi saga Yukikaze | Tom Cruise to star in Japanese sci-fi saga Yukikaze |
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| Tom Cruise is to follow up the blockbuster opening for dystopian tale Oblivion at the weekend with yet another science-fiction project, the Japanese saga Yukikaze. | Tom Cruise is to follow up the blockbuster opening for dystopian tale Oblivion at the weekend with yet another science-fiction project, the Japanese saga Yukikaze. |
| Studio Warner Brothers has optioned the rights to a series of novels by Chōhel Kamayashi which have already been adapted into five acclaimed anime films for the home video market, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The saga centres on a planetary defence force which fights back against alien invasion by setting up bases on the extra-terrestrials' home world, using a wormhole over Antarctica. Yukikaze is the name of the advance reconnaissance fighter plane used by the series' hero on many of his missions. | Studio Warner Brothers has optioned the rights to a series of novels by Chōhel Kamayashi which have already been adapted into five acclaimed anime films for the home video market, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The saga centres on a planetary defence force which fights back against alien invasion by setting up bases on the extra-terrestrials' home world, using a wormhole over Antarctica. Yukikaze is the name of the advance reconnaissance fighter plane used by the series' hero on many of his missions. |
| Science-fiction films are becoming a feature of the current Cruise era. Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion, in which he plays a drone repairman patrolling a long-abandoned Earth, opened with a spectacular $61m worldwide at the weekend and has not yet made its US bow. The film, which co-stars Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough, has proven a box-office hit despite middling reviews. | Science-fiction films are becoming a feature of the current Cruise era. Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion, in which he plays a drone repairman patrolling a long-abandoned Earth, opened with a spectacular $61m worldwide at the weekend and has not yet made its US bow. The film, which co-stars Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough, has proven a box-office hit despite middling reviews. |
| Next up for the 50-year-old actor is the Doug Liman sci-fi action piece All You Need Is Kill, in which he stars as a rookie lieutenant colonel forced to fight the same losing battle against alien invaders again and again, experiencing horrifying death countless times. Emily Blunt co-stars as a special forces veteran who has taken out more of the extra terrestrial "mimics" than anyone else. The film is due to arrive in cinemas on both sides of the Atlantic on 7 March. | Next up for the 50-year-old actor is the Doug Liman sci-fi action piece All You Need Is Kill, in which he stars as a rookie lieutenant colonel forced to fight the same losing battle against alien invaders again and again, experiencing horrifying death countless times. Emily Blunt co-stars as a special forces veteran who has taken out more of the extra terrestrial "mimics" than anyone else. The film is due to arrive in cinemas on both sides of the Atlantic on 7 March. |
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