Emily Blunt Still Hopes To Make Edge of Tomorrow Sequel

Emily Blunt still hopes to make Edge of Tomorrow 2 in the foreseeable future. A sci-fi film set in 2020, Edge of Tomorrow stars Tom Cruise as Major William Cage, a self-serving media relations officer with no combat experience who gains the ability to reset the day by dying after being killed in battle by a member of an invading alien race (known as the Mimics) that arrived on earth five years earlier. Blunt costars in the movie as Rita Vrataski, a warrior who once had the same power as William and trains him to fight better, in the hopes of finding a way to defeat the Mimics once and for all.

Released in 2014, Edge of Tomorrow was a modest box office hit domestically, but proved to be far more successful overseas and earned positive reviews. Its reputation has only improved among movie buffs in the years since it released, keeping the demand for a sequel alive along the way. However, while Cruise, Blunt, and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman share fans' enthusiasm, issues like scheduling and the story have prevented Edge of Tomorrow 2 from actually getting off the ground. Still, Blunt remains hopeful that will change in the foreseeable future.

In an interview with IndieWire to promote A Quiet Place Part II's release this month, Blunt said she's been told there's a "great" idea in place for Edge of Tomorrow 2, courtesy of writer Matthew Robinson (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), but was quick to clarify "How the stars will all align for us to be able to do it. I don’t know. I hope they do.” Blunt went on to say she planned to speak to Liman about Edge of Tomorrow 2 at the premiere for the A Quiet Place sequel, before cracking a joke about how old she and Cruise will be by the time it happens for real.

“Tom and I are going to be 70 before we make another one. It’s going to look a bit weird. We’ll have to do a real flashforward one. We’ll go full ‘Irishman,’ it’ll be the ‘Irishman’ version of ‘Edge of Tomorrow.’ Who knows?"

All kidding aside, Cruise turns 58 this summer and plans to shoot Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 back to back, so who knows how old he's actually be by the time he, Blunt, and Liman are all are free to make Edge of Tomorrow 2 together. Thankfully, it sounds like the trio has settled on a plot they like (or, failing that, Blunt trusts is good) for the sequel, after an earlier script by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse (Seberg) failed to get the go-ahead. Presumably, Christopher McQuarrie will also have a hand in writing Edge of Tomorrow 2, much like he did on the first movie and most of the films Cruise has starred in since then. That said, the project is surely a secondary concern for him at the moment, considering he's actively developing the seventh and eighth Mission: Impossible movies (which he's both writing and directing).

Between Cruise, Blunt, and Liman, it's the former's schedule that appears to be the biggest obstacle preventing Edge of Tomorrow 2 from happening in the foreseeable future. All rumors of her playing Susan Storm in the MCU's Fantastic Four aside, Blunt doesn't have any major films on her docket after Disney's Jungle Cruise opens the summer. Similarly, Liman has yet to lock down a movie to direct after his long-delayed YA adaptation Chaos Walking arrives next January. That could easily change over the next nine months (especially if A Quiet Place 3 is fast-tracked, as many expect it will be), so best to not count on the stars aligning for Edge of Tomorrow 2 anytime soon, pending a surprising new development.