10 Movie Sequels Stuck In Production Hell

10. Live Die Repeat & Repeat

Doug Liman's 2014 sci-fi actioner Edge of Tomorrow was a major critical success, yet poor marketing led it to underwhelm at the box office.

Nevertheless, in large part due to the film's strong home video sales, a sequel soon entered pre-production, with Liman signed to return in early 2016 alongside stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.

The sequel, entitled Live Die Repeat and Repeat, was loudly hyped up by an enthusiastic Liman in the years that followed, and though Cruise and Blunt both spoke highly of the sequel's concept, it was ultimately a matter of allowing everyone's schedules to coincide.

By January 2020, despite numerous screenwriters taking a crack at it, Liman said the film was still in the "planning stages," and in 2021 stated that it was basically up to Cruise and Blunt as to whether it got made.

In a May 2021 interview on Howard Stern, Blunt seemed less sure of the sequel's status, noting that it would require a huge budget which, in the current budget-conscious Hollywood climate, wouldn't necessarily be practical.

Then again, given that Cruise is fresh off the biggest commercial success of his entire career with Top Gun: Maverick, Warner Bros. might be pushed to reconsider their stance.

Cruise's schedule has just opened up considerably with him recently wrapping the last two Mission: Impossible films, so while there's probably never been a more likely time for the sequel to happen, it's still not worth getting your hopes up.

Warner Bros. is also developing a spin-off TV series, which without the need to wait for Cruise and Blunt has a much better chance of actually going before cameras.