In 2022, Tom Cruise returned as Pete Maverick Mitchell in Top Gun 236 years after the release of the first part. If his schedule of new projects already seems rather full, The Hollywood Reporter tells us that the 62-year-old actor could reprise his role in the sequel to another of his cult films. Indeed, he would be in discussions with Paramount Pictures for again play Cole Trickle in Days of Thunder 2. As a reminder, in the first film released in 1990, he lent his features to a young NASCAR driver stringing together exploits on American ovals.
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Tom Cruise ready to shoot Days of Thunder 2 ?
According to revelations from a source close to the actor at Hollywood Reporter“Tom Cruise speaks with Paramount about Top Gun 3 and Days of Thunder 2.” “It will first depend on the scenario. It will depend on the idea and, ultimately, the scenario” adds this same source. If the original film did not do well at the box office upon its release (157 million dollars in revenue for a production budget of 60 million), it was on the film sets of Thunder days that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman fell in love. For the moment, there is no indication that his ex-wife will agree to reprise her role as Dr. Claire Lewicki in the sequel. A sequel project around the film had already been considered in the form of a series, but Tom Cruise declined this proposal.
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In what projects will we find Tom Cruise soon?
After finishing the shots of Mission Impossible 8 – scheduled for release on May 21, 2025 – Tom Cruise will soon start filming the mysterious film by Alejandro G. Iñárrituwhose name is still kept secret, where he will play, according to the synopsis, “the most powerful man in the world launched on a frantic mission to prove that he is indeed the savior of humanity, before the catastrophe he caused destroys the world.”
He is also expected in the casting of Broadsworda war film by Christopher McQuarrie, not to mention Top Gun 3 if the project is confirmed and possible Mission Impossible.
