After what might be his final appearance as Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise—the last movie star—is getting ready to bring back some of his most famous characters. Cruise, a four-time Oscar nominee, will return to the big screen in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which comes out in theaters on May 23.
In an interview this week, the actor confirmed that he is “working on” a sequel to Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and also planning a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR movie, Days of Thunder.
“Yeah, we’re thinking and talking about many different stories and what could we do and what’s possible,” he said on Australia’s Today. “It took me 35 years to figure out Top Gun: Maverick, so all of these things we’re working on, we’re discussing Days of Thunder and Top Gun: Maverick… numerous other films that we’re actively working on right now. I’m always shooting a film, prepping a film, posting a film. I just finished a film with Alejandro Iñárritu too, who did The Revenant, and we’ll be coming out with that. That was an extraordinary experience and [Christopher McQuarrie] and I are always working on several different films.”
Fans will remember that Cruise first played Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in the original Top Gun back in 1986. When he returned for Top Gun: Maverick, the movie was a massive hit, earning over $1.4 billion worldwide and even getting nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. Just one more example of why Tom Cruise is still one of Hollywood’s brightest stars, with some calling him ‘the last movie star’.
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