10 Movie Sequels Stuck In Production Hell

Edge Of Tomorrow (retitled Live, Die, Repeat - the tagline plastered across the original posters - for home media release, hence the "Repeat And Repeat" title for the sequel) was only a modest box office success on release. But the creativity and freshness of the "repeatedly killing Tom Cruise" time-loop sci-fi led to enough critical acclaim and a devoted fanbase to demand a sequel.

The movie is nominally an adaptation of Japanese light novel All You Need Is Kill, a standalone story with no sequels, but it mostly takes the idea of a man trapped in a mash-up of Groundhog Day and a video game fighting aliens, then just runs with it. So it definitely could have mileage for another loop.

Edge Of Tomorrow/Live, Die, Repeat's home media release in 2015 came with the suggestion that Cruise had a strong idea for a sequel and that a script was about to be written, but that process has gone round in as many repetitive circles and non-starters as the action in the movie itself.

By 2016 original director Doug Liman was officially signed on for more, describing the movie as both sequel and prequel, as well as a film that "will revolutionise how people make sequels." Despite suggesting that he might make it his next project, Liman has released two movies since then and is currently bogged down in his new sci-fi Chaos Walking.

Originally due for release last March, terrible test screenings have pushed Chaos Walking through extensive reshoots with no new release date on the horizon. Liman will have to finish it before he can even begin repeating Live, Die, Repeat.