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FilmWad: Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise is Perfect Match
SpoutBlog: Tom Cruise Sticks To Valkyrie Writer, Themes. Trade Roughage 12/19/08
Cinematical: Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie, Together Forever
io9: Cruise To Become First Scientologist Superhero? [The Champions]
The Screening Log: Daily news dose: 'Transformers 3' gets release date, Chow won't direct 'Hornet'
Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise is Perfect Match
FilmWad —
Christopher McQuarrie three post-"Valkyrie" projects designed as potential star vehicles for Tom Cruise. According to Variety the Valkyrie co-writer and producer is quickly becoming Cruise's go to guy. New Regency has set McQuarrie and Mason Alley to write "Flying Tigers," based on the volunteer fighter squadron formed to help the Chinese fight the Japanese before the U.S. entered World War II. Cruise isn't formally attached. The "Top Gun" star has long wanted to return to the skies, and several years ago was attached to "The Few," a Paramount project about the first American pilots to battle Germans in ...
Tom Cruise Sticks To Valkyrie Writer, Themes. Trade Roughage 12/19/08
SpoutBlog —
Tom Cruise is potentially re-teaming with Valkyrie screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie on up to three projects, including another WWII flick that would put Cruise in the pilot seat again, Flying Tigers. Cruise is likely happy with the initial reception of Valkyrie, though sticking with McQuarrie for so long may keep him from diverse roles. The other two projects include the espionage drama The Tourist and the adaptation of the 60s TV show The Champions, which deals with super-powered spies.
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Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie, Together Forever
Cinematical —
Okay, maybe Tom Cruise and Valkyrie screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie won't be together forever ... but they are in for a very long haul. Variety reports that McQuarrie is penning no less than three projects for Cruise to star in. The first up is likely to be The Tourist, which has Cruise and Charlize Theron attached as the leads. A remake of the French thriller Anthony Zimmer, the original script was penned by Julian Fellowes. McQuarrie is quickly rewriting it so that the film can begin shooting by March. The pair also might be returning to World War II, as McQuarrie and Mason Alley are teaming up to ...
Cruise To Become First Scientologist Superhero? [The Champions]
io9 —
... Chris McQuarrie for Cruise in the wake of their partnership on "good Nazi, no really" movie Valkyrie. Don't expect to see it in theaters anytime soon, however; while studio United Artists thinks that The Champions could be Cruise's first franchise opportunity since Mission: Impossible, McQuarrie and Cruise will first collaborate on a remake of French thriller Anthony Zimmer before they can think about boarding any disaster-bound jets. 'Valkyrie' writer, Tom Cruise re-team [Variety]
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Daily news dose: 'Transformers 3' gets release date, Chow won't direct 'Hornet'
The Screening Log —
Here's your dose of quick news bits for Dec. 20, 2008...
• Michael Bay's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is still in post-production and won't open until June 26, 2009, but rumors about "Transformers 3" are already all over the Web. The latest one is that a release for a third installment is set for June 29th, 2011. (Dark Horizons)
• Stephen Chow, director of "Kung Fu Hustle," is no longer directing (because of creative differences) "The Green Hornet," an adaptation written by Seth Rogen and Even Golberg. Chow, however, will star in the film in the role of Kato. Rogen is on board to play the crimefighter. (Variety) ...
Screenwriting News & Links! 12/23/08
Mystery Man on Film —
Hey guys, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! -MM -------------------------------------- New Screenplays! Twilight - casting sides from script by Melissa Rosenberg Sex and the City - November 4, 2007 draft by Michael Patrick King RocknRolla - June 19, 2007 shooting script by Guy Richie Frozen River - undated draft by Courtney Hunt The ...
Tom Cruise May Fly In World War II For John Woo
Cinema Blend News —
Tom Cruise May Fly In World War II For John Woo We heard that Valkyrie co-writer and producer Christopher McQuarrie was putting something together with the help of Mason Alley as a starring vehicle for Tom Cruise back in December of 2008 . Now, ...
