First, a SciFi Mafia educational moment. If you watch much TV or spend any time on general entertainment websites, you have likely been hearing about Tom Cruise‘s action movie entitled Jack Reacher, which premieres later this month. Do not confuse that movie with sci-fi action movie Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise as Jack Harper, based on the comic by Joseph Kosinski, set to release in April.

Now that we’re all clear, behold! the first trailer and poster from the upcoming Tom Cruise movie that is Our Kind of Movie:

Trailer: Oblivion
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Tom Cruise stars in Oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the director of TRON: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.

Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete.

Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

Oblivion was shot in stunning digital 4K resolution on location across the United States and Iceland.

Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseboroug and Melissa Leo, is slated to hit IMAX theaters on April 12, and in standard theaters April 19, 2013.