Universal eyes femme leads for Tom Cruise pic

CruiseWildeChastainEXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise might be turning his focus on Paramount's "One Shot" since he's wrapped New Line's "Rock of Age range," but Universal is moving ahead by itself Cruise pic, the sci-fi epic formerly entitled "Oblivion" that's now going through the significant title "Horizons."A few days ago, a diverse who's-who of Hollywood stars will test for female leads in "Tron: Legacy" helmer Frederick Kosinski's next project.Jessica Chastain, Olivia Wilde, Brit Marling, Noomi Rapace and Olga Kurylenko are probably the thesps testing Saturday -- though other medication is still in mind.Common had no discuss the candidate.Cruise is placed to star as Jack, a guy who lives within the clouds above Earth and heads to its surface to correct drones that basically keep your planet protected from an alien race which has basically destroyed humanity.You will find two key female figures -- Victoria, Jack's right-hands lady and lover who can serve as his eyes and ears while he's on repair missions, and Julia, his girlfriend on the planet prior to the alien invasion.Chernin Entertainment's Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark are creating with Radical Pictures' Craig Levine and Kosinski, while Radical's Jesse Berger is professional creating.William Monahan and Karl Gadjusek authored the script, while Michael Arndt ("Little Miss Sunshine") lately did a polish.As the pic is dependant on Kosinski's approaching graphic novel from Radical Posting that continues to be entitled "Oblivion" for the time being, producers dropped the title for that movie due to the recording game "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion."Universal put McG's "Ouija" and Mary Harron's "Wicked Lovely" in turnaround now -- but "Horizons" is about the steps for success. Studio acquired the PG-13 project in April after Disney ignore it, and it has place it for any This summer 19, 2013, release. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com