Tom Cruisehas done it all—or so we thought. The Hollywood legend has piloted fighter jets, scaled the Burj Khalifa, held his breath underwater for six minutes (although we all know we could do that if wereallywanted to, right?), and even launched himself off a cliff on a motorcycle. But one genre he’s never truly tackled? Horror. It looks like that’s about to change, as Cruise teams up withEdge of TomorrowandAmerican MadedirectorDoug Limanfor their latest venture,Deeper, a supernatural underwater thriller set to send shivers down your spine and have you holding your breath forotherreasons.
According to Deadline, the pair are reuniting at Warner Bros., where Cruise recently signed an exclusive deal, for their third project (potentially fourth, if their space movie ever actually comes to pass) and the project will be uncharted waters forCruise and Liman, neither of whom have dived into the horror pool before. Liman himself recently teased the project at a New York screening of the documentaryGaucho Gaucho, saying he’s eager to make a “scary movie” because it’s something both he and Cruise have never attempted before.
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Details aboutDeeperremain sparse, but the plot revolves around an astronaut encountering a terrifying force during a deep-sea dive into an unexplored ocean trench. It sounds likeThe AbyssmeetsGravity, with Cruise doing what he does best, which is defying logic, gravity, and probably human lung capacity. But if Cruise plays an astronaut, maybe this could be the space movie too? Two birds, one Cruise.
The concept for the movie isn’t a new one either, it’s been floating around Hollywood for almost a decade at this stage with names likeBradley CooperandIdris Elbapreviously attached alongside directorsKornél Mundruczó(Pieces of a Woman) andBaltasar Kormákur(Everest), but you’d have to imagine this time it has a great chance of going ahead with Cruise attached.
Movies set in the terrifying dark waters of the ocean have always been popular with audiences. In the last few years, we’ve seen movies likeUnderwaterwithKristen Stewartand, bizarrely, Cthulhu, along withThe Dive, where two sisters go diving and there’s a race against time to save one when she gets stuck under some rocks.Under Parisfeatured a giant shark terrorising the Seine in Paris before a triathlon, while you may have heard ofThe Meg, featuringJason Statham- shark puncher.
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates onDeeper.
Edge of Tomorrow
In a future Earth besieged by alien invaders, an untested officer finds himself caught in a time loop, reliving the same brutal battle repeatedly. As he learns from each experience, he partners with a skilled warrior to alter the course of the conflict and humanity’s fate.
