Edge of Tomorrow 2 is happening, Tom Cruise presumably going to live the same day over and over yet again

He's having really bad luck with time loops.

Warner Bros is reportedly moving ahead with a sequel to the Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt time-travel sci-fi Edge of Tomorrow.

The original, which was a slow but solid hit at the box office, saw Earth invaded by aliens and Tom Cruise forced to live the same day on loop until he repelled the threat.

It was a decent standalone film, but I’m not sure how it will work as a sequel - a bit like if they made a Groundhog Day 2 where Bill Murray had to woo Andie McDowell yet again.

“It's a romcom where he tries to romance Emily Blunt but continuously fails,” a Reddit user joked. “When he does, he shoots himself in the head and tries again.”

Christopher McQuarrie will return to direct, with Race scribes Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse taking over on the screenplay, according to Variety.

The first film was based on the 2004 Japanes novel All You Need Is Kill, so this sequel will presumably have to forge a new story.

My hope is this expands into a franchise where Tom Cruise inhabits different lives Quantum Leap style. One film he’s forced shop for groceries again and again before the store closes, the next he must make it through the day without blinking or face living it over again.