On the heels of what’s anticipated to be his farewell efficiency as Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise is able to revisit a few of his different beloved roles.
The 4x Oscar nominee, who returns in Mission: Not possible — The Closing Reckoning in theaters on Could 23, just lately mentioned he’s “engaged on” a follow-up to High Gun: Maverick (2022), in addition to a sequel to his 1990 NASCAR drama Days of Thunder.
“Yeah, we’re pondering and speaking about many various tales and what might we do and what’s doable,” he teased on Australia’s Immediately. “It took me 35 years to determine High Gun: Maverick, so all of this stuff we’re engaged on, we’re discussing Days of Thunder and High Gun: Maverick.”
Cruise beforehand reprised his function as Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in High Gun: Maverick after originating the function within the unique 1986 aviator movie. The long-awaited sequel surpassed $1.4 billion worldwide, incomes an Oscar nomination for Greatest Image.
“There’s quite a few different movies that we’re actively engaged on proper now. I’m at all times taking pictures a movie, prepping a movie, posting a movie,” Cruise continued. “I simply completed a movie with Alejandro Iñárritu too, who did The Revenant, and we’ll be popping out with that. That was a rare expertise and [Christopher McQuarrie] and I are at all times engaged on a number of completely different movies.”
High Gun: Maverick
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The untitled Iñárritu movie, which is anticipated to premiere Oct. 2, 2026, is about essentially the most highly effective man on the earth, embarking on a frantic mission to show he’s humanity’s savior earlier than the catastrophe he’s unleashed destroys every little thing.