Tom Cruiselooks to be eyeing another nostalgic sequel at Paramount and cashing in on the success ofTop Gun: Maverickby developing a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR movieDays of Thunder.
According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Cruise is certainly going all out to deliver more blockbuster hits for Paramount, as alongside anotherTop Gunouting, and the future of theMission: Impossiblefranchise still seemingly to be expanded beyond the upcoming movie, the adrenaline-junkie star is now seemingly ready to giveDays of ThundertheTop Guntreatment. A source who is “familiar with the discussions” reportedly said:
“He’s talking [to Paramount] about Top Gun and Days of Thunder. It’s going to be what comes together first in terms of a script. It depends on the idea and, ultimately, the script. I don’t think a [Days of Thunder sequel] is a terrible idea. You might have said that revisiting Top Gun was a terrible idea. I wouldn’t discount it.”
All of this seems to be very much in the early development stages, with Paramount said to be touting writers. Meanwhile, there is a big question about where Cruise would fit such a movie into his schedule.Along withTop Gun 3, Cruise is also set to shoot a new movie with Alejandro G. Iñárritu at Warner Bros., is working on a movie that he hopes to actually film in space with Doug Liman, and several other rumored projects.
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There is a lot riding on the newMission: Impossiblemovie, especially followingthe disappointing box office performance ofMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning.The movie proved to be such a let-down that the original plan forMission: Impossible 8to beDead Reckoning – Part Twofell apart very quickly, as the studio did not want to follow on from one box office dud into another.
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Now the new movie will have the chance to stand on its own feet without the help or hindrance of its predecessor. Whether the newMission: Impossiblefeature can right the ship is something that we can only wait to find out, but if this proves to be another underwhelming entry in the franchise, then this really could be the last time we see Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt.
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