Tom Cruise to star in Doug Liman’s supernatural thriller ‘Deeper’

US actor Tom Cruise attends the London Air Ambulance Charity Gala Dinner at The OWO in central London, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
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Filmmaker Doug Liman has confirmed that Tom Cruise will star in his upcoming supernatural thriller Deeper, which is presently in early improvement.

The announcement was made by Liman throughout a current screening of the documentary Gaucho Gaucho in New York Metropolis, the place he shared his enthusiasm for making a “scary” movie, a style he has but to discover in his profession, in keeping with Deadline.

“I’ve by no means completed one,” Liman stated, expressing his pleasure about venturing into the horror-thriller area, including, “And neither has Tom.”

Deeper is about to observe an astronaut who encounters a terrifying drive throughout a deep dive into an unexplored trench within the ocean. The undertaking, which has been in improvement for practically a decade, was initially pitched to MGM in 2016 after the studio acquired a script from screenwriter Max Landis.

A number of makes an attempt to convey the movie to life had beforehand failed, with Bradley Cooper initially hooked up to star and Kornel Mundruczo set to direct. Different iterations noticed Idris Elba and Baltasar Kormakur concerned, however none materialized.

Whereas the undertaking has confronted quite a few hurdles, sources have confirmed that Deeper is now arrange at Warner Bros.

It stays unclear if this will likely be Liman’s subsequent undertaking, although the director has expressed his enthusiasm for lastly bringing the movie to the display screen.

For Cruise, the movie will mark his third or fourth collaboration with Doug Liman, following their profitable partnership on Fringe of Tomorrow and American Made. The 2 are additionally working collectively on a NASA-themed movie to be shot in outer area, in collaboration with SpaceX, though particulars stay beneath wraps.

Along with Deeper, Cruise is presently in talks for a sequel to his 1990 NASCAR drama Days of Thunder, which will likely be produced by Paramount Footage.

Following the success of Mission: Unattainable – Lifeless Reckoning, Cruise will quickly start filming for a brand new undertaking directed by Alejandro G Inarritu, beneath Warner Bros and Legendary, though particulars on that movie have additionally been saved beneath wraps.