According to Deadline, Tom Cruise will star comicbook movie adaption of Oblivion that takes place in an apocalyptic future. As the population lives in the clouds as the Earth is almost uninhabitable, Cruise plays a soldier who is stuck on the planet, repairing drones and battling alien life forms. The film will be directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and based on his own graphic novel. The script was initially written by William Monahan (Body of Lies, The Departed) and re-written by Karl Gajdusek.