Fresh off his work in Oblivion, actor Tom Cruise is headed back to the sci-fi genre. The actor has signed on for the lead role in Yukikaze, an adaptation from Warner Bros. of a series of Japanese novels by Chohel Kamayashi.
The popular novels previously were adapted into five direct-to-video anime movies, two of which won animation awards.
The premise sees a planetary defense force beat back an invasion of aliens using a wormhole over Antarctica, setting up bases on the aliens’ planet. Yukikaze is the name of the advanced reconnaissance fighter plane the hero uses on his missions.
Makes sense. L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer…
Dammit Jake… You got to that joke before I could!!!
Considering the mess he’s making of “All You Need Is Kill”, I really don’t have much hope for this.