Tom Cruise Teases Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel

Live. Die. Repeat. Again?

Big of budget but disappointing of box office, Edge Of Tomorrow seems an unlikely candidate for a sequel, even in these franchise-happy times. Tom Cruise, however, is still chewing over ways and means of making it happen. Talking to MTV News at the premiere of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, he hinted that the property may yet live again.

“I pitched it to [Christopher] McQuarrie and Doug [Liman]," he revealed of his idea for a sequel. "We were there one night and I was like, 'I’ve got an idea for it'."

McQuarrie, of course, is Cruise's screenwriter of choice and the man who adapted the Manga property All You Need Is Kill into a pulsing, pacy sci-fi actioner in which Cruise and Emily Blunt tooled up to tackle a species of grabastic extra-terrestrial killing machines. Liman directed the movie and is reconnecting with his star for crime biopic Mena.

Should it come to pass, Cruise is keen to see his co-star return. “It could be so much fun. Gotta get Emily," he said. "I was like 'Emily, please'. She was like, ’Give me another year, please'."

Maybe not so far-fetched, then. The next question is what the heck to call it...

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Podcast 172: Josh Gad

Pixel perfect

You might know him as the voice of Olaf from Frozen, or you could be a big Wedding Ringer fan, or you could love his work with Billy Crystal in The Comedians... but however you know him, he's Josh Gad, and here's on the show this week to talk about Pixels (out August 12). Every single one of them. Ever.

Elsewhere, the podcast team come to terms with the idea - repeat: the idea - that Radiohead could conceivably write the theme song for Spectre. Then there's our review of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, and a post-match analysis of our Worst Movies Ever list.

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Tom Hardy's Taboo Finds A Director

The Killing's Kristoffer Nyholm takes the chair

Developing at the BBC between Tom Hardy and his Locke / Peaky Blinders cohort Steven Knight, the eight-part series Taboo now has the first of a likely two directors. Kristoffer Nyholm, the Danish director behind the likes of The Killing and Sky's The Enfield Haunting, will man the cameras for the first four episodes of the "event". His other half has yet to be announced.

Set in 1813, Taboo follows James Keziah Delaney (Hardy), a rogue adventurer who returns from Africa with 14 ill-gotten diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father. Refusing to sell the family business to the East India Company, he sets out to build his own trade and shipping empire and finds himself playing a dangerous game with two warring nations, Britain and America.

“This man, James Delaney, is a deeply flawed and deeply troubled human being. His greatest struggle will be against the East India Company which, throughout the nineteenth century, was the equivalent of the CIA, the NSA and the biggest, baddest multi-national corporation on earth, all rolled into one self righteous, religiously motivated monolith,” is how Steven Knight views his new antihero.

Based on an idea by Hardy and his father Chips, and created by Knight, Taboo is being produced by Ridley Scott's Scott Free company and Hardy's own Hardy Son & Baker, for the BBC and FX. Shooting starts in November for transmission in 2016.

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Dwayne Johnson on Hulk Hogan Controversy: "He's Paying the Price"

While appearing via satellite to representBallers at the Television Critics Association press tour, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson commented on Hulk Hogan's racist tirade.

"I was pretty disappointed with what I heard," Johnson, who is bi-racial said. "I've known Terry for a lot of years...I had not known

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Check Out Lucy Lawless in This Loving Xena Reunion Photo

Xena and Gabrielle are still gal-pal BFFs!

Lucy Lawless posted a photo to Instagram that was a mini-reunion of sorts between her and her Xena: Warrior Princess sidekick Renee O'Connor.

"Still hanging with my gal #Reneeoconnor," Lawless captioned the pic.

A brief reminder on who Gabrielle was, courtesy

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Get the Details on Two New HBO Shows About U2. Plus: Amy Schumer, Martin Scorsese and Westworld!

HBO has joined forces with U2 on two programs: a concert film of a performance in Paris from their current iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE world tour, which will air on Nov. 14, and a documentary about how the tour came to life, which will air on Nov. 7.

"U2 continues to take risks, which has made them one of

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Game of Thrones Could Last Longer Than You Think (But Jon Snow Is Still Dead)

Game of Thrones giveth and it taketh away.

At the Television Critics Association fall previews on Thursday, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said that the series will not necessarily end after the rumored seven seasons.

"That's definitely open," he said. "I think 'seven seasons and out' has

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