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Tom Cruise to stage heist on the Moon in new movie Luna Park

No seriously

Christopher Hooton
Wednesday 28 October 2015 11:19 GMT
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Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow
Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow

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Sure, a good-looking actor can break into a Las Vegas casino vault (Ocean’s Eleven), but can a good-looking actor break into the f*cking Moon?

We might finally find out, as it seems director Doug Liman’s Tom Cruise-starrer Luna Park is moving ahead, having tapped Pan scribe Jason Fuchs to write a new draft of the script with a view to getting the wheels in motion next year, according to Variety.

Luna Park’s premise is slightly bonkers, centring on a ‘group of renegade former space employees who travel the world, stealing the equipment they need to travel back to the moon to acquire an energy source.’

Jake Gyllenhaal was originally attached to star, with Liman later meeting with Chris Pine and Andrew Garfield about the project, before finally landing Cruise, who might be able to squeeze in the film before he starts shooting Mission: Impossible 6.

Cruise is all about the sci-fi thrillers lately, having previously starred in Edge of Tomorrow, which saw him forced to fight the same alien battle every day.

(via Collider)

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