Doug Liman Takes a "Kill" Shot

Director Doug Liman has shown throughout his career that he isn't pegged into one
genre of films he works on.

He's done such various genres from action thriller ("The Bourne Identity"), to political
thriller (the upcoming "Fair Game") to sci-fi ("Jumper") and even a bit of romance
("Mr. and Mrs. Smith"). Okay maybe that last one was more of romantic "action", but nevertheless, Mr. Liman has kept things fresh over his career.

Liman was recently attached to direct a new adaptation of Alexander Dumas' "The Three
Musketeers", but another, unrelated adaptation (in 3D, ugh) has already gone into
production, putting Warner Bros.' take on hold for the foreseeable future.

So instead of staying complacent, Liman now is officially set to direct the time-travel
action film, "All You Need Is Kill", reports Variety.

Based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's 2004 novel, the story centers on a future war between
humans and an alien group, the Gitai. Keiji Kiriya, a young recruit sent out to fight off
an alien invasion. Kiriya dies on the first day of battle, but reawakens the next morning,
alive, unscathed, and headed for the same battle and finding himself in a Groundhog
Day-esque scenario of dying on the battlefield and being reborn each day.

On the 158th "day", Keiji notices something different than the previous versions - a
female soldier who may be the key to his escape.

The story sounds very interesting, and with so many unique alien invasion films coming
along ("Monsters", "Skyline", Battle: Los Angeles) in the coming months, it's great to see
another original story coming to the screen. Liman clearly can handle the duty, he did a
wonderful job on "The Bourne Identity" and even though "Jumper" was kind of awful,
the effects and action sequences were solid.

Production should begin later this year.