Tom Cruise Confirmed for 'Wichita' With Cameron Diaz
The action-comedy beats out the thriller
Variety has confirmed Tom Cruise's next film will be the action-comedy Wichita with Cameron Diaz and directed by James Mangold for 20th Century Fox. The film appears to have won Cruise's affection over the Len Wiseman directed thriller Motorcade as both Cruise and Diaz are said to have approved Scott Frank's latest draft of the script and expectation is to have the film in theaters for summer 2010.
The film sounds like it may have something of a Mr. and Mrs. Smith kind of vibe with Cruise playing an undercover agent who gets thrown together with a woman (Diaz) who has man trouble. Obviously, not a direct comparison to the plot of Smith, but the idea alone sounds like it may be playing for the same kind of jokes although I expect Diaz will play more of a damsel in distress kind of role as opposed to the bad-ass played by Angelina Jolie in Smith.
Wichita will be James Mangold's follow-up to 3:10 to Yuma.
Cruise was said to be seriously considering Motorcade with Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard), but I expect that role will now go to another actor with Cruise still eying potential roles in the Bharat Nalluri-directed Spyglass remake The Tourist; the David Cronenberg-directed MGM drama The Matarese Circle; the Universal/Working Title romantic comedy Lost for Words; and The 28th Amendment, the Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck-directed Warner Bros. thriller.
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bad choice by cruise, motorcade would have suited him better, besides we havent seen him in any intense action movie since collateral.
I just want to see The matarese circle get made
Yup Matarese Circle is what I am hoping to get rolling soon.
Speaking of Cruise, cant wait for the War of the Worlds Blu Ray (when does it come out?). I Think that film had some of the best CGI destruction I've ever seen.
comedy for TC? wow he's really versatile. He was awesome in Jerry Maguire and Tropic Thunder.So long ovedue for an Oscar.
Just picked up the Valkyrie Blu-Ray today. I've been on a real Tom Cruise streak lately. This sounds like a good fit for him. He certainly showed (in Tropic Thunder) that he has the comedic chops for this.
Abrams has been successful rebooting “Star Trek,” so I expect he’ll bring back “Mission: Impossible” from its low numbers on the third movie.
Speaking of Cruise, cant wait for the War of the Worlds Blu Ray (when does it come out?). I Think that film had some of the best CGI destruction I've ever seen.