Tom Cruise is reportedly working on a musical, a new action film and a Tropic Thunder spin-off, as he keeps up his relentless pace following the record-breaking success of Top Gun: Maverick.
The Hollywood superstar is said to be teaming up with the blockbuster sequel’s producer Christopher McQuarrie, with whom he’s collaborated a lot in the past, including on the Mission: Impossible franchise, on a diverse trio of upcoming projects.
Cruise and McQuarrie are looking at teaming up for an original song and dance musical planned as a vehicle for the 60-year-old actor, who first fully sang onscreen in 2012’s Rock Of Ages, along with a new action film with the potential to develop into a franchise.
Another idea the duo are debating revolves around Les Grossman, which is the studio executive Cruise cameoed as in Tropic Thunder, according to Deadline.
As per the publication, it’s not clear yet if the character will get his own standalone film, or if he could instead appear in either of the other projects.
The pair are collaborating on the scripts together, while there are also other films in the pipeline.
Top Gun: Maverick became the highest-grosssing film of Cruise’s career (Picture: Scott Garfield/Paramount)
The star is said to be collaborating with Christopher McQaurrie on three new projects (Picture: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Cruise and McQuarrie have been busy working on the long-gestating Mission: Impossible 8, and they are also teaming up with director Doug Liman on an untitled film set to shoot in outer space with NASA and SpaceX.
Universal has signed on as the studio for the project.
There’s possibly more to be seen from Les Grossman yet! (Picture: Dreamworks Llc/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock)
McQuarrie and Cruise have two more Mission: Impossible films in the pipeline as well (Picture: Paramount/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock)
The duo, who transformed and reinvigorated Ethan Hunt’s arc for 2011’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, have worked successfully together for well over a decade, and the Hollywood star has spoken fondly of the filmmaker in the past, who he affectionately dubbed ‘McQ’.
‘McQ understood, most definitely, not only that franchise [Mission: Inpossible] but just a basis of storytelling, and a wide range of storytelling. He understands that with structure and tension, with suspense in a structure, you can have comedy, you can have drama, and so that’s where we went,’ he said, as reported by Collider.Cruise added: ‘I’ve loved my working with McQ – he and I met on Valkyrie – and it’s just been an exceptional experience working with him.’
