Tom Cruise takes on Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s next film.
On Thursday, a representative for Cruise, 61, confirmed to PEOPLE that the actor will star in the upcoming film.
For now, plot details are being kept under wraps. The only thing known about the project are the writers: Iñárritu, Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolás Giacobone. The director, Giacobone and Dinelaris previously worked on the Oscar winner in 2014. A birder.
The Hollywood Reporter was the first to confirm the news, adding that Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment in negotiations to take over the project, s Deadline coverage Cruise will produce alongside Legendary.
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Tom Cruise and Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
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The last English-language film that Iñárritu directed was Returnee with Leonardo DiCaprio in 2015.
Cruise signed a strategic deal with Warner Bros. last month, where he will work with executives Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy on original and franchise projects.
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Cruise has a lot on his plate. In January, THR reported that Cruise may be on board for a Top Gun 3 after success Top Gun: Maverick, written by Christopher McQuarrie, Eric Singer and Ehren Kruger.
The report says Kruger is already writing, sources told the paper Maverick director Joe Kosinski has also been tapped to return to the director’s chair.
While Cruise has yet to publicly commit to continuing the franchise, Miles Teller, who plays Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw in the film, said in July 2022 that he and Cruise had “discussed” the possibility of a second film.
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At the time, the 36-year-old actor said: “It all depends on Tom.”
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Glen Powell, who played Lt. Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin, made similar comments to PEOPLE in August 2022.
“There were definitely conversations [but] it’s above my pay grade,” he said at the time. “It really depends on Tom. Depends on the [producer Jerry Bruckheimer]. Everything depends on all the forces, but if they call me back to Miramar, I will be there.”
After the COVID-19 pandemic, the action film achieved great success, both with viewers and in Hollywood. Steven Spielberg even told Cruise that he “saved Hollywood–” with the film during the Oscar nominees’ luncheon.
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