Tom Cruise looked in good spirits as he enjoyed a helicopter ride in London on Thursday.
The actor, 61, returned to Battersea after spending the day in Longcross in Surrey filming Mission Impossible.
Tom was dressed casually for the outing, wearing a navy blue sweater and dark, tight-fitting jeans with white sneakers.
Filming for the eighth installment – likely to be called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two – has restarted after the actor’s strike delayed production.
Tom was no doubt eager to get back to work on the production after it had to be postponed due to the actor’s strike.
Tom Cruise looked in good spirits as he enjoyed a helicopter ride in London on Thursday
The actor, 61, returned to Battersea after spending the day in Longcross in Surrey filming Mission Impossible
Tom was dressed casually for the outing, wearing a navy blue sweater and dark, tight-fitting jeans with white sneakers
The Mission: Impossible film series, which begins in 1996, is based on a 1966 television series of the same name.
Production on the eighth film was originally halted so the cast could promote part one, but then the strike began causing further delays.
Along with Mission: Impossible, Tom is back in action for a new Top Gun sequel after the huge box office success of the previous entry.
Tom will return as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, and Paramount, which will produce again, hopes to reunite him with his recent co-stars Miles Teller and Glen Powell.
The news that Tom is back in business with Paramount – where he has released many of his recent films – comes just days after he signed a deal with Warner Bros. to produce and develop new films for that studio, including films it will produce. star in it.
According to Puck newsMaverick co-writer Ehren Kruger is writing a script for the third installment in the series.
Sources said The Hollywood Reporter that director Joseph Kosinski is also expected to return after proving himself with the critical and commercial success.
Tom’s last deal with Paramount ended in 2006, despite his continued work with the studio, and the new deal with Warner Bros. is non-exclusive, meaning he can still collaborate with other studios.
Filming for the eighth installment – likely to be called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two – has resumed after the actor’s strike delayed production
Tom was no doubt eager to get back to work on the production after it had to be postponed due to the actor’s strike
Production on the eighth film was originally halted so the cast could promote part one, but then the strike began causing further delays.
Along with Mission: Impossible, Tom returns to action for a new Top Gun sequel following the huge box office success of the previous entry
Tom will return as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, and Paramount, which will produce again, hopes to reunite him with his recent costars Miles Teller and Glen Powell
Top Gun 3 – which follows Maverick’s incredible $1.5 billion gross – comes as Tom recently signed a deal to produce and develop films for Warner Bros.
However, he is expected to get his own office on the Warners lot.
Tom and his co-stars helped guide the highly anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick to a gross of nearly $1.5 billion, and the action film’s months-long run in theaters helped revive the theater business amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Although news of the high-flying sequel struck some as an attempt to capitalize on the positive publicity that Warner Bros. got toned down for scoring a Tom connection, THR reports that its development has been quiet since late fall.
Paramount did not comment on the development.