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Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures have reportedly been in talks about a sequel to his 1990 NASCAR racing movie Days of Thunder, according to THR.

Maybe it’s not one that you’d expect it…but the original film was produced by the original ‘Top Gun’ team, consisting of director Tony Scott, producer Don Simpson, and Jerry Bruckheimer, this movie received mixed reviews upon release and only achieved $157 million worldwide from a production budget of $60 million.

Nowadays, it’s most commonly remembered as the film that Cruise and Nicole Kidman met, with Scott’s action-packed direction and a solid musical score by Hans Zimmer.

It is expected that Cruise will restore the property in the same way that Top Gun: Maverick did for Top Gun a few years ago. But a few years ago, Cruise canceled a potential TV series called Days of Thunder.

Potential writers are now able to apply for the project. But the 62-year-old actor-producer’s packed with his schedule, he will collaborate with The Revenant filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s mysterious new film for Warner Bros./Legendary and Doug Liman’s Space movie are both in the works.

He also has the responsibility of promoting the recently finished Mission: Impossible 8, which has a budget that’s estimated to be approaching $400 million due to various delays. According to the trade, Paramount is considering promoting the film as the final entry in the series to increase interest, but Cruise has resisted saying a public goodbye to Ethan Hunt.

Days of Thunder certainly has its devotees, among them Tony Scott fan and collaborator Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino said, “Hands down my favorite [racing movie] is Days of Thunder,” the director was quoted as saying in 2013. “Yeah, yeah, you laugh, but seriously, I’m a big fan. Sure, it had a big budget, big stars and a big director in Tony Scott, but it had the fun of those early [American International Picture racing] movies. I just don’t think [the genre] works if you take the whole thing too seriously.”

I guess it’s all up to Cruise’s script approval and his busy schedule.

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