Emily Blunt In Talks To Join Tom Cruise In ALL YOU NEED IS KILL

The actress could star alongside Tom Cruise in Warner Bros.' upcoming adaptation of the science fiction graphic novel All You Need Is Kill, which will be directed by Doug Liman.

By PaulRom - Apr 16, 2012 12:04 PM EST

Filed Under: Edge of Tomorrow

Variety reports that Warner Bros. is in discussions with Emily Blunt (The Adjustment Bureau, The Devil Wears Prada) for the female lead in All You Need Is Kill, a science fiction thriller starring Tom Cruise. If negotiations go well, Blunt will play a fellow soldier who fights alongside Cruise in a war against aliens. The film, based on a Japanese graphic novel, will be directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity). Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally and Jason Hoffs are producing through 3 Arts Entertainment. Dante Harper penned the script with executive producer Joby Harold, who is working on a rewrite.

Below is a plot summary for the All You Need Is Kill graphic novel:

There’s one thing worse than dying. It’s coming back to do it again and again… When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the Bitch of War. Is the Bitch the key to Keiji’s escape, or to his final death?

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13 Comments

DoomXfactor - 4/16/2012, 12:25 PM

Faaaap fap fap I want to wreck her- no homo

kurekurcubic - 4/16/2012, 12:27 PM

im predicting it now-this will be the biggest film off all time...

Coloso - 4/16/2012, 12:28 PM

She could of been in The Avengers :(

MarkCassidy - 4/16/2012, 12:31 PM

A ridiculously attractive woman.

santoanderson - 4/16/2012, 12:37 PM

She's taller than him in heels, BTW.

Fantine - 4/16/2012, 12:42 PM

She should have been Black Widow :(

RaleighAntrobus - 4/16/2012, 12:52 PM

@RorMachine -

Seriously? I think she's kinda average... I've seen hotter girls walking around on my college campus.

marvel72 - 4/16/2012, 1:10 PM

she looks hot in this advert,i definetly would.

SmellofDuty - 4/16/2012, 1:41 PM

I'll watch Emily Blunt anything.

SmellofDuty - 4/16/2012, 1:44 PM

"the female soldier known as the Bitch of War." I can't believe this is serious. Hahahaha But as previously stated I will probably watch Emily Blunt in anything.

CherryBomb - 4/16/2012, 3:34 PM

YES! Emily is amazing.
She's hot. beautiful. classy and so god damn talented. She puts the majority of Hollywood actresses to shame.

nccdogg - 4/16/2012, 6:18 PM

SuperArgo who is the chick on top?

mgeoff88 - 4/16/2012, 7:28 PM

This sounds different. She was my top choice for Black Widow, but I wouldn't mind seeing her play another character in a Marvel or DC movie.

Pfft, Goddess of War is more like it. Man, John Krasinski is one lucky guy.

@CherryBomb I agree with you on all points. I thought she did a great job in The Devil Wears Prada and Dan in Real Life. She's surprisingly good in comedy roles.

@nccdogg In case he doesn't come back, it's Jada Stevens. Lol, I'm not a big pervert or anything, I'm just well informed. :P

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