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August 25, 2011

Five A-List Femmes Testing for Cruise's 'Oblivion' -- but don't call it that

OblivionA virtual who's-who of actresses is testing this weekend for the Tom Cruise upcoming sci-fi epic, Variety's Jeff Sneider exclusively reports. But don't call it "Oblivion" -- Universal has scrapped that moniker for now, and is going with the working title "Horizons." As for those actresses vying to star opposite Cruise, it's Jessica Chastain, Olivia Wilde, Brit Marling, Noomi Rapace and Olga Kurylenko who will come in for auditions on Saturday. Cruise is set to star as Jack, a man who lives in the clouds above Earth and heads to its surface to repair drones that essentially keep the planet safe from an alien race that has all but wiped out humanity. "Horizons," directed by "Tron: Legacy" helmer Joe Kosinski, is set it for a July 19, 2013, release.

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