Tom Cruise Teams Up with Doug Liman in Movie "Deeper"

Tom Cruise and Doug Liman have found their next collaboration in the supernatural thriller "Deeper".

Liman shared the news with Showbiz411’s Roger Friedman at a recent NYC screening of the documentary Gaucho Gaucho, expressing his interest in crafting a “scary” movie at this stage of his career. “I have never done one,” said the director, “and neither has Tom.”

While reports have suggested that "Deeper" may be Liman’s next project, whether that’s actually the case is not yet clear. Sources have confirmed that the film is currently set up at Warner Bros.

"Deeper" follows an astronaut who encounters a terrifying force while on a deep dive into a never-before-explored trench. 

In development for almost a decade, the project was originally set up at MGM in April 2016, following the studio’s acquisition of a hot spec from Max Landis.  

Bradley Cooper was initially attached to star, with Kornél Mundruczó directing; Idris Elba and filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur teamed on a later iteration that likewise failed to move forward.

Should the project come together, it will be either the fourth for Cruise and Liman, on the heels of "Edge of Tomorrow" and "American Made". The pair are also plotting a NASA film to be shot in outer space, in collaboration with SpaceX, which remains in development.

Most recently, Cruise entered talks to star in a sequel to his 1990 NASCAR drama "Days of Thunder" for Paramount Pictures. Coming off of "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning", the follow-up to which hits theaters next summer, he’s next set to roll cameras on a new Alejandro G. Iñárritu film for Warner Bros and Legendary, about which not much is known.