MUMBAI: Tom Cruise has confirmed his association with the fifth installment of the Mission Impossible series titled Mission: Impossible.
"I started Mission: Impossible hoping I could make many of them. It‘s a character that I can grow with. At that time it was the most expensive film in the history of Paramount Pictures and the first film I was producing. I am working on the story," he stated. However, he declined to give any more details. Cruise had said in October that he would be keen to make another Mission: Impossible film.
Earlier, Cruise had said, "It‘s been pretty exciting. Seeing an audience respond to have that experience is really wonderful. I‘ll make a bunch of those. I‘ll make as many as people want to see… because they‘re very challenging, and so much fun to make."
The actor also said that he was still feeling good about doing action roles despite him turning 50 last year.
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Tom Cruise confirms doing Mission Impossible 5
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Russell Crowe keen on ‘Les Miserables’ opening in India
MUMBAI: Actor Russell Crowe will no doubt be delighted at the fact that the musical ‘Les Miserables‘ releases today in India. The film won three Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for eight Oscar Awards.
A few days ago on Twitter Crowe wrote, “Will #LesMis be released in India? On what date? Never been to India.
“Despite the odd press I get there, fictional “e-mail Interviews” etc, it is a place that holds a great fascination for me.”
Perhaps the distributors of the film in India missed a trick in not getting Crowe down to promote the film‘s release. It will be interesting to see how Indians react to a film that is mostly sung.
This is not the only film with Crowe that is releasing this week. The thriller ‘Broken City‘ where Crowe plays a Mayor also releases today. So Crowe‘s fans have a lot to look forward to.
In December 2011 Tom Cruise made a big splash in Mumbai when he came down to promote ‘Mission Impossible 4‘. More recently Ang Lee had come down to promote ‘Life of Pi‘ which was shot in India.
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Jack Reacher mktg altered in view of school shooting
MUMBAI: Film Studio Paramount has decided to make changes in the marketing materials for Jack Reacher, the gritty crime-action, Tom Cruise starrer based on Lee Child‘s character by the same name. Cruise plays a hard-boiled former military cop trying to prove that an alleged sniper was framed in the film that opens Friday.
Though the studio hasn‘t officially said what the changes are, but buzz is that a scene of Cruise‘s character firing off a semi-automatic weapon is being cut from promotional spots. The reason behind this move is the recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School which left 20 children between five to 11 years dead and many others scarred for life.
Apart from Cruise‘s Jack Reacher Leonardo DiCaprio starrer Django Unchained directed by Quentin Tarantino is slated to open on 25 December. The R-rated Django stars Jamie Foxx as a slave promised his freedom if he helps a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz ) track down a plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). On 17 December The Weinstein Co.
Announced it was cancelling Tuesday night‘s Django premiere in Los Angeles because of the school tragedy but it would still hold a screening for cast and crew.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., and in this time of national mourning we have decided to forgo our scheduled event," the company said in a statement.
At a junket for Django on Saturday in New York, Tarantino said he is weary of defending the violence in his movies. "I just think there‘s violence in the world. Tragedies happen," the filmmaker said. "[Django} is a Western. Give me a break."
Foxx, however, said Hollywood can‘t "ignore" that violence in movies has an impact. And this summer, Harvey Weinstein, an advocate for gun control, called for a summit on violence in films after the Aurora theater shooting during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. -
Paramount postpones premiere of Tom Cruise’s Jack Reacher
MUMBAI: In respect of the families of the victims of Friday‘s Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting, Paramount Pictures has postponed the premiere of Tom Cruise‘s thriller Jack Reacher out of respect for the families of the victims of Friday‘s Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting that it had planned to hold in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
"Due to the terrible tragedy in Newtown, Conn., and out of honor and respect for the families of the victims whose lives were senselessly taken, we are postponing tomorrow‘s Pittsburgh premiere of Jack Reacher," Paramount said in a statement. "Our hearts go out to all those who lost loved ones," it added.
Yesterday (Friday) morning, gunman Adam Lanza, 20, went on a rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, leaving 26 people dead including 20 children many of whom were kindergartners. Among the dead was also the school principal Dawn Hochsprung; one teacher was wounded.
In Jack Reacher, Cruise stars as the mysterious title character, a drifter and former police officer who tries to solve a case involving a hired killer and a shady Russian operative known as The Zec. -
Forbes votes Tom Cruise at world’s top earning actor
MUMBAI: The Forbes magazine has voted Tom Cruise as the world‘s highest earning actor. The star topped the annual list of Forbes after earning $75 million between May last year and May 2012.
Cruise enjoyed a successful year after Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol earned more than $700 million at the global box office. Voted second was last year‘s top earner Leonardo DiCaprio along with Adam Sandler, both of whom earned $37 million.
Since there are two celebrities who took the second position, the third position was done away with. Former professional wrestler Dwayne The Rock Johnson was put in the fourth position earning $36 million after one of his films Fast Five took in an impressive $626 million at the box office.
Comedian Ben Stiller was at the number fifth spot with $33 million.Others in the top 10 included Johnny Depp and Will Smith.
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Cruise to star in remake of Kurosawa film
MUMBAI: Tom Cruise will be starring in the remake of the 1960-made Kurosawa film Magnificent Seven.
Though Cruise has evinced interest in the project, it is unlikely to go into production for some time.
The original film itself is a remake of the 1954 film, Seven Samurai which starred Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughan, Brad Dexter and Horst Buch. Later it was remade as a TV series which ran from 1998 to 2000.
Studio MGM is currently looking for a writer for the yet untitled film.
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Emily Blunt opposite Tom Cruise in sci-fi
MUMBAI: Actress Emily Blunt is in negotiations with Warner Bros to join the cast of All You Need is Kill, a sci-fi film opposite Tom Cruise.
The film follows the story of a soldier in a war against aliens who is forced to re-live his last day alive again and again after he is killed. Through having to re-live the same experiences he gets better at tackling the days challenges. Blunt would play another soldier who fights alongside him.The production house was impressed with Blunt‘s tough girl credentials when she was cast as female lead in Man From U.N.C.L.E, the shooting of which was abruptly stopped after the studio couldn‘t find a male star and director Steven Soderbergh dropped out.
Blunt had earlier said that she was looking for a role in a sci-fi or superhero film where the female character had substance.
“I‘m open to any kind of genre if the part is great and fun and different and a challenge in some way. I would love to do a comic-book movie or a science fiction film that would scare the life out of me.”
‘All You Need is Kill‘ is produced by Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally and Jason Hoffs. The script was originally written by Dante Harper and is being re-worked by Joby Harold, who is also executive producer. -
Tom Cruise to receive Entertainment Icon award
MUMBAI: Tom Cruise is all set to join the ranks of legends Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra who being some of the entertainment industry‘s most beloved performers, are the only three people before him to receive the Friars Foundation‘s highest honor The Entertainment Icon Award.
The Friars Foundation, the charitable arm of the longstanding Friars Club, will present the award to the 49-year-old actor at the Friars Foundation Gala on 12 June in New York City. Announcing the award ceremony, Friars Club‘s spokesperson Abbot Jerry Lewis has reportedly said, “Tom Cruise will join an elite group of only 3 other entertainment legends who have received our Icon Award, and whose work has made a global impact on our industry and changed the very face of cinema.”The Friars Club was founded in 1904 as a haven for some of the industry‘s most noteworthy figures. Its charitable branch was created in an effort “to help small performing arts groups create innovative and affordable programs that will educate, entertain and enrich the lives of diverse audiences and participants.
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Universal to release Jurrasic Park on 19 July 2013
MUMBAI: A day after it was reported that Paramount has preponed the release date of the Tom Cruise starrer One Shot from February 2013 to Dec. 21,Universal studios has sprang a surprise when it announced that it was advancing the release of the 3D version of Steven Spielberg‘s 1993 adventure film Jurrasic Park from 19 July, 2013.
The studio also announced that it would release the Tom Cruise starrer Oblivion from July 10, 2013, to April 26.
Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) is directing Cruise in Oblivion, a fantasy about a former soldier who is the last person left on Earth after a war with an alien race. When he encounters a crashed spacecraft with a lone survivor, the two set off on an epic adventure.
One Shot from February 2013 to Dec. 21was boarding the re-release bandwagon and release the 3-D version of Steven Spielberg‘s Jurassic Park on 19 July 19 roughly around the 20th anniversary of the film‘s original debut in theaters on 11 June 11, 1993.
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Paramount rearranges releases
MUMBAI: Paramount has rearranged its release calendar. Through this move, the studio has preponed the release of the Tom Cruise starrer One Shot from February next year to 21 December this year.
As a result of the rearranging, the studio has postponed the release of the Brad Pitt zombie action film World War Z to 21 June, 2013. The film was earlier scheduled to release on the day when One Shot will now release.
Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore said it made perfect sense to reposition One Shot considering how well Ghost Protocol did. He also said One Shot, directed by Christopher McQuarie, will be done before World War Z.
Ghost Protocol grossed $688.8 milion worldwide and was a franchise best. It also helped to restore Cruise‘s star status in the U.S..
Based on Lee Child‘s best-selling book, One Shot is about an investigator drawn into the case of a former military sniper who is charged with killing five people.
Another major headline from the studio is that its Nickelodeon label is reviving the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film franchise that Jonathan Liebesman will direct that Michael Bay is producing.