More than three decades since Tom Cruise starred in Days of Thunder, he may be considering reprising his role in the racing drama.
Sources confirmed that the 62-year-old Hollywood icon is in early talks with Paramount Pictures for a sequel to the 1990 NASCAR film. Term reported on Friday.
Not much is known about the potential project, and the outlet reported that details about the possible creative direction are under wraps.
The Top Gun star – who is footing the bill for his daughter Suri’s college tuition even though they haven’t been seen together in 11 years and she has dropped his surname – met Nicole Kidman while filming on the set of the movie in 1989.
The Oscar nominee starred in the action film alongside Kidman, who would marry and later divorce.
Tom Cruise, 62, is in talks to star in a sequel to his hit 1990 film Days Of Thunder, Deadline reported on Friday; pictured in June 2023 in Abu Dhabi
It’s unknown if Kidman will be involved in the film, but given the rumors that Cruise skipped the 2023 Oscars to avoid an “awkward encounter” with his ex, as reported exclusively by DailyMail.com, perhaps it is unlikely.
In Days of Thunder, directed by Tony Scott, Cruise stars as Cole Trickle, a hot-headed rookie stock car driver.
After joining NASCAR, he must overcome personal and professional challenges to achieve success.
His portrayal of the racer, alongside his 1986 action film Top Gun, would cement his status as an action star.
While filming Days of Thunder, Cruise met and began a romance with Kidman – who played Dr. Claire Lewicki starred.
Less than a year after finalizing his divorce from Mimi Rogers, he tied the knot with Kidman — a year after meeting on Christmas Eve in 1990 — in an intimate ceremony in Telluride, Colorado.
The pair subsequently worked together on films Far and Away and Eyes Wide Shut.
They were married for 11 years before divorcing in 2001, and share their two children together.
In 1992, they adopted a daughter named Isabella James, and in 1995, they adopted a son named Connor.
Kidman joined the Church of Scientology before Cruise, but decided to leave in 1997.
She reportedly pushed Cruise to leave the church for a short period of time The everyday beast.
Sources confirmed he is in early talks with Paramount, according to a Deadline report. Little is known about the potential project; depicted in a still from Days of Thunder (1990)
The Top Gun star notably met Nicole Kidman while filming on the Days Of Thunder set in 1989; depicted together in Days Of Thunder
The film, directed by his Top Gun director Tony Scott, stars Cruise as Cole Trickle, a hot-headed rookie stock car driver; pictured with Kidman in a still from the film
Cruise later moved on with Penelope Cruz before marrying Katie Holmes in 2006.
Cruise and the Dawson’s Creek alum, who share daughter Suri, split in 2012.
As for Kidman, she was briefly engaged to Lenny Kravitz in 2003.
She then married country star Keith Urban in June 2006, with whom she shares daughters Sunday Rose and Faith.