Tom Cruise announces sequel to 'Days Of Thunder' with Anne Hathaway
Tom Cruise and Anne Hathaway have announced a sequel to the 1990 racing film 'Days of Thunder', scheduled for a 2028 release. The project will be directed by Jonathan Levine and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, marking another legacy sequel for Cruise.
Why it matters
The announcement underscores the continued Hollywood trend of leveraging legacy intellectual property and high-profile star power to drive box office performance.
Tom Cruise is set to film a sequel to his 1990 Nascar hit Days Of Thunder with Anne Hathaway, both actors announced in a video posted Saturday on social media.
The Paramount Pictures movie with Cruise reprising his role as Nascar driver Cole Trickle and Hathaway playing a team owner and engineer will be filmed in Imax and is expected to be released in the summer of 2028.
Jonathan Levine, whose credits include Warm Bodies and Long Shot , is directing, and Jerry Bruckheimer and Tommy Harper are producing along with Cruise.
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