Hollywood superstarTom Cruisehas just partaken in the sort of cinematic double bill that only comes around every once in a while, with the actor doing the much-discussed double bill ofBarbieandOppenheimer. Taking tosocial media, Cruise revealed that, despite the summer season box office and IMAX battle betweenBarbie,Oppenheimer, and Cruise’s ownMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, the action star could not resist the one-two punch of Gerwig and Nolan.
As well as congratulating fellow A-list icon Harrison Ford for the legacy of Indiana Jones and his final time playing the character inIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Cruise says ofBarbieandOppenheimer, “I love a double feature, and it doesn’t get more explosive (or more pink) than one with Oppenheimer and Barbie.”
While there has reportedly been some tension on Cruise’s part regarding the release ofMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Oneand Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimerand the lattertaking over IMAX screenseverywhere, theTop Gun: Maverickstar continues to be a lover of cinema and, as later reports have stated, is “rooting for everybody.”
The summer blockbuster season kicks off withMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which finds Tom Cruise returning to the role of IMF Agent Ethan Hunt. InMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Hunt and his team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. Again.
Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Esai Morales, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, and Henry Czerny,Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Oneis due for release on July 12.
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Barbie & Oppenheimer Hit Theaters on July 21
This year offers arguably one of the greatest double bill opportunities of all time, with both the vibrant and funBarbielanding in theaters on the same day as the dark and seriousOppenheimer.
TheBarbiemovie will drop audiences in Barbie Land. And to live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place.Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. After being expelled from Barbie Land for being a less-than-perfect doll, Barbie and Ken set off to the real world to find true happiness. From Oscar-nominated writer and director Greta Gerwig, written by Gerwig and Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach, and based on Barbie by Mattel, theBarbiemovie features an all-star cast that includes Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling alongside America Ferrera (End of Watch, How to Train Your Dragon), Kate McKinnon (Bombshell, Yesterday), Issa Rae (The Photograph, Insecure), Rhea Perlman (I’ll See You in My Dreams, Matilda), Will Ferrell (Anchorman, Talladega Nights), and many more.
As forOppenheimer, the drama is written and directed by Christopher Nolan and is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning bookAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimerby Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin.Oppenheimerwill thrust audiences intothe pulse-pounding paradoxof the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it. Led by Cillian Murphy as the “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer,Oppenheimerhas also amassed one of the most star-studded casts in cinematic history and includes Emily Blunt, Oscar winner Matt Damon, Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr., and more.
