MUMBAI: Warner Bros has signed Tom Cruise to feature in an yet untitled sci-fi project inspired from a series of Japanese novels written by Chohel Kamayashi. The move continues Cruise‘s sci-fi streak.

The popular novels were earlier adapted into five direct-to-video anime movies, two of which won animation awards.
 
The premise sees a planetary defense force beat back an invasion of aliens using a wormhole over Antarctica, setting up bases on the aliens‘ planet. Yukikaze is the name of the advanced reconnaissance fighter plane the hero uses on his missions.

The actor‘s latest film Oblivion released only last week. The sleek post-apocalyptic film was released by Universal Studios. Cruise also has All You Need Is Kill, an alien war movie that is set for a 4 March release, next year.