Edge of Tomorrow Sequel Is Called 'Live Die Repeat and Repeat'

The tagline becomes a title. And then gets weird.

By Joe Skrebels

The Edge of Tomorrow sequel will see both of the first film's lead actors return, and it has a title - Live Die Repeat and Repeat.

Speaking to Collider, director Doug Liman reiterated that the film's two stars will make a return, and that the project is definitely still in motion:

"We have an amazing story! It’s incredible! Way better than the first film, and I obviously loved the first film. It will be called Live Die Repeat and Repeat. Tom [Cruise] is excited about it, and Emily Blunt is excited about it. The big question is just when we’ll do it. But it’s not an if, it’s a when."

If you're not up on Edge of Tomorrow's slightly ludicrous set of titles, let me explain. The first movie was based on a Hiroshi Sakurazaka novel called All You Need is Kill. After a negative response to the word "kill", the film's title was changed to the somewhat abstract Edge of Tomorrow.

After the film failed to perform at the box office, its home entertainment releases put more emphasis on the tagline, "Live. Die. Repeat.", leading some retailers to market it under that name instead. It seems as though a title's finally stuck (and then become immediately confusing again for the sequel).

Liman has previously said that the new film will "revolutionize how people make sequels", and has writing duo Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse attached to script.

We gave the first film a 7.5, saying it was a "time-travelling mind-bender that unfortunately isn't quite the sum of its parts." While it disappeared at the box office, the film went on to become something of a cult hit after heading into homes.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and if this is the Seriously Dude, Where's My Car? of cult sci-fi action movies, he approves. Follow him on Twitter.

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