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Doug Liman Will Not Direct the Justice League Dark Movie After All

It’s been a tumultuous week for DC movie directors. First, Zack Snyder announced he was stepping away from November’s Justice League for family reasons. Today comes news that Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) will not be helming the live-action Justice League Dark movie, Dark Universe. His reasons are, fortunately, not as dramatic as Snyder’s. Turns…

Director Doug Liman Thinks WB Will Let Him Make the Justice League Dark Movie Weird as Hell

Doug Liman thinks he knows why Warner Bros. picked him to direct the Justice League Dark movie, a.k.a. Dark Universe: because there was no chance of him turning in a movie that looked like anyone else’s. Speaking with IGN, Liman talked a little bit about Edge of Tomorrow 2 (still happening! It will “revolutionize how…

Daisy Ridley Will Star in the Movie Adaptations of YA Trilogy Chaos Walking

She’s got years to go before she stops playing Rey, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley also has time for outside projects—like an adaptation of the first book in Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking YA series, from Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman. It’s set in a world where every creature can read…

Doug Liman May Direct a YA Film That Was First Adapted by Charlie Kaufman

When someone mentions “young adult” lit or movies, immediately the mind thinks of Twilight, The Hunger Games, and Divergent. But Chaos Walking is a bit different. Though it also has a high-concept genre story, it was going to be adapted by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Now, a new director is on board.…

Doug Liman will still direct Channing Tatum in Gambit—but the script needed some rewrites, so instead of beginning production this quarter, the X-Men adaptation won’t start filming until the end of this year. With some unexpected room open in his schedule, Liman’s next project will likely be sniper thriller The Wall, for Amazon Studios.

Which Superpower Will Factor Into Doug Liman’s New Virtual Reality Series?

It’s called Invisible … any guesses? The show’s logline is amusingly vague, referencing only a NYC family that built an empire thanks to a certain “extraordinary ability” passed down through generations. Based on the title, we’re probably not talking time travel, super strength, or flight. Anyway, one cool thing about this show that’s most likely,…

Everyone’s Favorite Cajun Superhero, Gambit, Gets A New Director

The Gambit movie may finally be in place. After one director left the project, another one is about to sign on. And it’s someone with not only geek cred, but plenty of blockbuster experience. It’s Doug Liman, the director of Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity and Swingers. The Hollywood Reporter officially broke the news.…

Game of Thrones Star Maisie Williams Gets Her Very Own Zombie Adventure Movie

As if losing both parents and her eyesight wasn’t enough for Arya Stark, now she’s gotta battle zombies. Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams is set to star in The Forest of Hands and Teeth, a zombie survival adventure film by writer/director Kate Maberly. Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) will produce the film, which is…

Tom Cruise and His Edge Of Tomorrow Director May Go To the Moon

Edge of Tomorrow was an underappreciated action-movie classic, and we’re dying for the planned sequel. But for now, director Doug Liman and star Tom Cruise are working on something else: The pair could team up for a moon-based adventure called Luna Park. Variety reports the movie, which “revolves around a group of renegade employees who…

Tom Cruise Has An Idea For An Edge of Tomorrow Sequel

Edge of Tomorrow is one of those movies we haven’t stopped thinking about since we saw it. It seems the same is true for Tom Cruise. In a new interview, the film’s star admitted he has an idea for a sequel, which he recently pitched to the film’s writer and director. Speaking to MTV, Cruise…

Four Edge of Tomorrow Clips Show A Cowardly Tom Cruise Killing Aliens

Wanna glimpse until what all the fuss is about on Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow? Here are four alien-killing clips that demonstrate the battle-heavy nature of this Groundhog Day-with-guns movie.

Holy Shit, You Guys Are Really Going To Like Edge of Tomorrow

We were always slightly excited for Tom Cruise’s Groundhog Day-meets-Starship Troopers movie Edge of Tomorrow, but we had no idea it was this good! We’ve seen Edge of Tomorrow and it is spectacular fun. Here’s our (practically spoiler-free) first impressions. The Premise Based of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s novel All You Need Is Kill, if you’ve seen…

First Glimpse of Tom Cruise Battling the Relentless Alien Invaders in All You Need is Kill

We loved the gritty “Groundhog Day-meets-Starship Troopers” action of All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. And now it’s being made into a movie, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Doug Liman (Jumper) — and here’s your first look at the ultra-gritty war against the aliens. https://gizmodo.com/japanese-scifi-smackdown-power-armor-warriors-vs-alie-5320912 Here’s the caption for the image, which…

Warner Bros. wants Brad Pitt to star in the time loop war flick All You Need Is Kill

Now that Doug Liman’s $100 million Moon heist movie Luna has folded, Warner Bros. is moving in to secure both Liman and Brad Pitt for All You Need Is Kill. Adapted from the novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, All You Need Is Kill follows a soldier fighting a war against aliens, who’s caught in a time…

The new Beast talks X-Men: First Class. Plus stunning Game of Thrones photos, and two new Doctor Who trailers!

New Hank McCoy actor Nicholas Hoult explains how he played the furry mutant in X-Men: First Class…right down to the CGI feet. Doug Liman’s Moon-centric heist movie is looking for actors, and Neil Gaiman clarifies the Sandman TV show rumors. Spoilers from this point forward! Top image from Captain America. X-Men: First Class Here’s a…

Hayden Christensen is ready for a “darker” Jumper 2

Ready to watch Hayden Christensen brood and teleport and fight Paladins once again? Christensen says he’s down for Jumper 2, and it sounds as though he’s got a plan for how the sequel would play out. In an interview with MTV Christensen revealed that he was, along with a few other folks were “talking about”…

Jumper Author Talks Movie, Book Sequels

Despite bombing with the critics, Jumper, the 2007 movie about a teleporting asshole, was a modest success financially, and may get a sequel. Steven Gould, author of the original novel, has some ideas. Spoilers follow… https://gizmodo.com/teleportation-paladins-and-underground-lairs-what-c-356345 Gould wrote the young adult novel Jumper way back in 1992. He penned the sequel book Reflex in 2004…

Black Moon Down Gets Another Rewrite

Jake Gyllenhaal‘s moon movie seems to be hitting the (lunar) rocks again, with another new writer trying to come up with a usable script… the second to have worked on war movie Black Hawk Down. The still-untitled movie is now on its fourth restart of scripting, following director Doug Liman‘s original draft (co-written with John…

Jumper: Here’s Why You Should Skip the Movie and Just Read the Book

Jumper may have made $30 million at the box office this past weekend, but the original book has been out for more than 16 years, and they don’t bear much resemblance to each other except for the main character’s name and the teleporting. In fact, once the book was optioned and turned into a movie,…

Storytelling No Match For Flashy Effects And Marketing

Doug Liman proved that he’s got a nanotech hide, even though the negative reviews of his two latest projects keep teleporting in. Both Jumper and Knight Rider were panned across the board, but the movie hauled in more than $30 million over the weekend, while the television show raked in huge ratings. More than 8…