All You Need Is Kill, Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s 2004 sci-fi novel that served as the inspiration for the surprisingly-excellent Edge of Tomorrow, is being developed into a gorgeous animated feature.
Today, Warner Bros. Japan announced that director Kenichiro Akimoto (Children of the Sea, Harmony) is working on a new take on All You Need Is Kill that will be produced by Studio 4°C. Like the original novel, its 2014 manga adaptation illustrated by Takeshi Obata, and WB’s live-action film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, the latest incarnation of All You Need Is Kill revolves around Keiji Kiriya and Rita Vrataski, a pair of human soldiers who find themselves trapped in a time loop as the world wages war against an alien invasion.
A trailer for the new movie teases how this take on Keiji and Rita still die in combat only to wake up very much alive due to a time / space anomaly caused by the aliens’ advanced weapons. But whereas previous versions of this story were mainly focused on Keiji, the new All You Need Is Kill will be told from Rita’s perspective and delve deeper into her existential loneliness, according to the studio.
WB hasn’t announced any casting details or release window, but the trailer makes it abundantly clear that the new All You Need Is Kill is going to be visually stunning when it’s ultimately released into the wild.
