Jessica Chastain has been offered a leading role in Mission: Impossible 5, Deadline reports. That’s pretty much the extent of Deadline’s scoop. It’s not even known if she’s likely to accept. Still, an exciting prospect. It was revealed earlier this week that director Christopher McQuarrie and star Tom Cruise had tapped Will Staples, the writer […]
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‘Call of Duty’ screenwriter retooling ‘Mission: Impossible 5’
May 12, 2014 
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Mission: Impossible 5 is getting a rewrite courtesy of Will Staples, the screenwriter behind video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount, Skydance, director Christopher McQuarrie and star/producer Tom Cruise recruited Staples to retool a draft by Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3). Though much of Staples public work is in […]
Continue reading‘Mission: Impossible 5’ set to open Christmas Day, 2015
November 15, 2013 0 Comments
Mission: Impossible 5 is now as official as it gets (well, shy of it actually existing). Paramount and Skydance Productions have announced its release date: December 25, 2015. That means the latest entry in Tom Cruise’s increasingly popular spy franchise will open one week after Star Wars Episode VII, the latest Dan Brown adaptation, Inferno, and Universal’s Warcraft. As if […]
Continue readingInterview: Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher, The Usual Suspects)
January 8, 2013 0 Comments
Interview: Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher, The Usual Suspects). By Simon Miraudo. Christopher McQuarrie met director Bryan Singer in high school, and it would prove to be a fruitful friendship for the both of them. They collaborated on the sleeper hit The Usual Suspects, and McQuarrie won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his efforts. If […]
Continue readingCrime cop – Jack Reacher review
December 18, 2012 0 Comments
Jack Reacher – Starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, and Werner Herzog. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Jack Reacher is trash, but since when is that a bad thing? Christopher McQuarrie‘s adaptation of Lee Child’s One Shot follows in the footsteps of those convoluted John Grisham and Dan Brown books that are […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Jack Reacher
July 4, 2012 1 Comment
It’s been a big week for Tom Cruise. He turned 50 … some other stuff happened … and now the trailer for his new action flick Jack Reacher has debuted online. Originally titled One Shot, the picture is based on Lee Child’s crime series. Cruise stars as Jack Reacher, former military police and current vigilante. The trailer implies […]
Continue readingWerner Herzog cast as villain in Tom Cruise flick
October 5, 2011 1 Comment
Well, here’s one way to differentiate your Hollywood action-thriller from the rest of the pack. Cast German filmmaker Werner Herzog (Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo) as the villain! According to Variety, Herzog will star opposite Tom Cruise in One Shot, based on Lee Child’s novel of the same name. Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual […]
Continue readingTop Gun 2 is taking flight
October 14, 2010 0 Comments
Paramount Pictures have asked producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott to reteam for a sequel to their 1986 action classic Top Gun. According to Vulture, Tom Cruise has agreed to return as Maverick (although in a much smaller role than in the original). Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) is set to work on […]
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