Tom Cruise is attached to star in Deeper, a supernatural thriller that Doug Liman has in early development, the filmmaker has revealed.

Appearing at a screening of the documentary "Gaucho Gaucho", Liman indicated to Showbiz411 that he and Cruise are moving forward with their 'scary' movie, adding: "I have never done one, and neither has Tom Cruise."

The story follows a disgraced former astronaut hired to take a submersible to the deepest part of the ocean to explore a newly discovered trench. Supernatural events transpire as the vehicle gets closer to its destination and he is confronted by a sinister and dangerous force.

Should the project come together at long last, it will be either the third our fourth for Cruise & Liman, on the heels of Edge of Tomorrow and American Made. Currently, 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.

Source: Press Release