Tom Cruise is reported to be teaming up with Mission: Impossible’s Christopher McQuarrie for a remake of an underrated Clint Eastwood thriller.
Cruise used to be a risk taker; the kind of actor who could star inMission: Impossibleand Jerry Maguire one year, before pivoting to the wacko, R-rated wonders ofEyes Wide Shutand Magnolia soon after.
His tenure as Ethan Hunt has defined his past 10 years (not to mention breaking the box office withTop Gun: Maverick) — but he’s about to enter the next era of his career. Not only is he starring in Alejandro Iñárritu’s mysterious new project, but he was supposedly in talks for a role inQuentin Tarantino’s final movie(before he axed it). And, notably, he’ll be re-teaming with McQuarrie on a “gnarly” R-rated action movie after Dead Reckoning Part 2 (or whatever it ends up being called).
The latter project may have been revealed: a remake of Eastwood’s The Gauntlet, a 1977 thriller in which he plays a police officer tasked with escorting a prostitute to Las Vegas to testify against the mob. As you’d expect, things don’t go to plan (if it sounds familiar, you’ve probably seen Bruce Willis’ 16 Blocks).
This hasn’t been confirmed, but it’s been shared by two scoopers:MyTimeToShineHelloandGiant Freakin Robot. They’ve also claimed that the film would star Scarlett Johansson alongside Cruise, and it’d be produced and distributed by Warner Bros.
Cruise signed a major deal with Warners earlier this year, kicking off a “strategic partnership” that’ll see him developing franchise installments and other original productions, which he’d also star in.
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Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
