Rather than recycle the original film’s Groundhog Day-esque format, Live Die Repeat and Repeat may chronologically take place before the original, while allowing the heroes to use the skills they acquired during their first adventure.
Doug Liman’s comments to Yahoo Movies about Live Die Repeat and Repeat’s story continue to double down on frequent his assertion that the movie will play with time in a way that we haven’t seen before.
He has previously gone on record saying that the sequel also serves as a prequel to Edge of Tomorrow, and it will “revolutionize” the way Hollywood treats follow-up movies.
In the (literally) immortal words of Deadpool’s Wade Wilson, “these timelines are so confusing.”