<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-and-top-gun-maverick-can-take-another-victory-lap-after-debut-on-paramount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Cruise</a> got everyone&#8217;s attention on Wednesday when he posted a high-octane trailer for the latest installment in the &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; franchise showing his character riding off a cliff on a motorcycle.</p>
<p>The 60-year-old actor posted on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsWE7CCsq2I/?igshid=YzcyNDA0Yzg3NA%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> a two-minute plus clip with a caption that read, &#8220;It’s time to pick a side. Here is the new trailer for #MissionImpossible &#8211; Dead Reckoning Part One.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the viral trailer for the seventh installment of the movie, titled &#8220;Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,&#8221; Cruise&#8217;s character Ethan Hunt speeds up to the edge of a cliff on a motorcycle, before he goes on several high speed chases, and is then seen near the end of the clip hanging onto the back of a train by a thread.</p>
<p>A voiceover in the trailer says, &#8220;We can not escape the past.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Your life will always matter more to me than my own,&#8221; Ethan tells agents Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) in the clip.</p>
<p>&#8220;None of our lives can matter more than this mission,&#8221; Luther tells Ethan, who replies, &#8220;I don&#8217;t accept that.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The logline for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-jumps-from-helicopter-to-thank-fans-who-saw-top-gun-maverick-in-theaters-honor-of-a-lifetime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cruise&#8217;s</a> film reads, &#8220;Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-trailer-tom-cruise-1235493781/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan&#8217;s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins,&#8221; the description adds. &#8220;Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission — not even the lives of those he cares about most.&#8221;</p>
<p>At one point in the trailer, Cruise&#8217;s character drives right off the edge of a cliff and soars through the sky without the bike.</p>
<p>Cruise&#8217;s monster box office hit &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; released in 2022 and ended up becoming one of the top-grossing films of all time, earning $1.4 billion worldwide, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/08/top-gun-maverick-1-4-billion-worldwide-box-office-tom-cruise-1235097053/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> previously noted.</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s success worldwide also made it the &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; star’s first movie to ever reach such a milestone. The success of the movie did not escape Cruise, who took to social media to thank fans for turning up in droves.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mission: Impossible 7&#8221; hits theaters July 12. The sequel is still in production and scheduled to hit theaters June 28, 2024, the outlet noted.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-scores-new-honor-after-being-named-best-film-of-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Scores New Honor After Being Named Best Film Of 2022</a></strong></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Cruise</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was very on-brand while accepting his 2023 MTV Movies &amp; TV Award Sunday night.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 60-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">actor</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> won “Best Performance in a Movie” for last year&#8217;s smash hit sequel “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” Cruise accepted the honor with a video clip of himself piloting a fighter plane while wearing sunglasses and speaking into a headset. The actor made sure his golden popcorn trophy was inside the plane and visible as he delivered his thanks for the honor, which is determined by audience votes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Thank you so much for this award,&#8221; the “Top Gun” alum said. &#8220;I make these films for you. I love you. I love entertaining you. To know how much you enjoy it, how much you appreciate it, there&#8217;s just no better feeling.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Things we&#39;ll never forget: <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomCruise</a>&#39;s performance in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopGun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TopGun</a>: Maverick 🎥 </p>
<p>Congrats to Tom Cruise on winning Best Performance in a Movie at the 2023 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MTVAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MTVAwards</a>! <a href="https://t.co/dZr3Wglpdq">pic.twitter.com/dZr3Wglpdq</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruise encouraged everyone to see his upcoming action film “Mission: Impossible &#8211; Dead Reckoning Part One,” which debuts in theaters on July 12. The actor described the project as a &#8220;wild ride.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You have a wonderful summer. Thank you again for letting me entertain you. It&#8217;s an absolute privilege. We&#8217;ll see you at the movies,&#8221; the actor concluded. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other nominees in the &#8220;Best Performance&#8221; category included: Austin Butler (“Elvis”), Florence Pugh (“Don&#8217;t Worry Darling”), Keke Palmer (“Nope”), and Michael B. Jordan (“Creed III”).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Top Gun: Maverick” had the most nominations for MTV movie awards this year. In the TV categories, “Stranger Things” and “The Last of Us” also had six nominations. This year’s awards were supposed to be live and in person with Drew Barrymore as host, but producers had to make a last-minute change due to the ongoing Hollywood writer’s strike.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Maverick” grossed more than $1.4 billion at the global box office and more than $690 million domestically after three months in theaters, making it one of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-jumps-from-helicopter-to-thank-fans-who-saw-top-gun-maverick-in-theaters-honor-of-a-lifetime">highest-grossing movies</a> of all time, Variety reported.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cruise filmed a special thank you for fans and jumped out of a helicopter over South Africa in December 2022. While audience scores for the film remained high, critics were less favorable in their reviews. The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards but only won Best Sound in what was considered a major snub by the industry. Cruise did not attend the Oscars ceremony in March.</span></p>


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Tom Cruise Accepts MTV Award While Flying Fighter Plane

<p>One MSNBC editor is actively rooting against the adrenaline-fueled and Best Picture-nominated &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-scores-new-honor-after-being-named-best-film-of-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Top Gun: Maverick</a>,&#8221; complaining that it paints too positive a picture of the United States military.</p>
<p>MSNBC opinion writer and editor <span class="byline-name">Zeeshan Aleem explained in a Saturday <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/top-gun-maverick-oscars-2023-rcna73773" target="_blank" rel="noopener">column</a> that the movie, while an entertaining break from CGI and animated content, was sending a message that he called &#8220;insidious&#8221; and &#8220;poisonous.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span class="byline-name">&#8220;&#8216;Top Gun&#8217; is as insidious as it is entertaining. It does not merely revive a forgotten human-centered spectacle; it also beckons for a return to accepting the American war machine as a beacon of virtue and excitement,&#8221; Aleem wrote, claiming that the movie glorified the excitement of battle — which in turn, glorified war in itself. &#8220;It’s a poisonous kind of nostalgia, one that smuggles love of endless war into a celebration of live action.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Aleem referred to the summer blockbuster as &#8220;literal propaganda,&#8221; noting that the military had given filmmakers access to real aircraft in exchange for some oversight.</p>
<p>&#8220;In exchange for access to military aircraft, the producers of the movie agreed to allow the Defense Department to include its own &#8216;key talking points&#8217; in the script. Perhaps equally important, the script had to be written in a manner that flatters the military in order to secure the buy-in of the Pentagon,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>Aleem went on to argue that the 2022 film and its predecessor were used to &#8220;rehab&#8221; the military&#8217;s image, after periods of waning popularity. The original film, he said, helped the military&#8217;s reputation recover after Vietnam — and the sequel &#8220;diverts from the failed war on terror, and comes as defense officials eye the rise of China.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t object to anyone’s enjoyment of the film, but I hope it tanks at the Oscars,&#8221; Aleem concluded. &#8220;It’s possible to make thrilling action without so brazenly priming the public for warfare.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick,&#8221; the other 2023 Best Picture <a href="https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominees</a> are as follows: &#8220;The Banshees of Inisherin,&#8221; &#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once,&#8221; &#8220;All Quiet on the Western Front,&#8221; &#8220;The Fabelmans,&#8221; &#8220;Avatar: The Way of Water,&#8221; &#8220;Elvis,&#8221; &#8220;Tár,&#8221; &#8220;Triangle of Sadness,&#8221; and &#8220;Women Talking.&#8221; The ceremony will take place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.</p>


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<p>Director Judd Apatow had some fun at Tom Cruise&#8217;s expense when he roasted the superstar actor for his height and connection to the Church of Scientology at the Directors Guild of America Awards.</p>
<p>During the 55-year-old comedian&#8217;s opening monologue as the host of the DGA Awards on Saturday, Apatow joked about the &#8220;visual effects&#8221; being so good for the box-office hit &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; that people couldn&#8217;t see just &#8220;how short&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise">Cruise</a> is, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/judd-apatow-tom-cruise-height-scientology-dga-awards-monologue-1235329732/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Visual effects in [Top Gun:] Maverick were so top-notch I couldn&#8217;t even see the stack of phone books Tom Cruise sat on to reach the flight controls,&#8221; the director teased. &#8220;That&#8217;s why he&#8217;s always jumping out of tall buildings because you can&#8217;t tell how short he is from a 100-story building. That&#8217;s why when he&#8217;s standing on a wing of an airplane he&#8217;s always alone. He doesn&#8217;t want anyone there next to him for scale.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Apatow then said Tom is not fine, noting how, at the age of 60, the superstar actor seems unaware that the crazy stunts he does, like driving &#8220;a motorcycle off a cliff,&#8221; can be done with the use of something called CGI.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tom is not fine, something is wrong right now,&#8221; Apatow cracked. &#8220;Someone needs to explain something to him called CGI — you don&#8217;t need to do the stunts. They look exactly the same when you do them on the green screen. You&#8217;re 60, calm down.&#8221;</p>
<p>The monologue then slightly shifted to noting the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-and-top-gun-maverick-can-take-another-victory-lap-after-debut-on-paramount">star&#8217;s</a> well-known status as a member of the Church of Scientology.</p>
<p>&#8220;Every time he does one of these new stunts it does feel like an ad for Scientology, it really does,&#8221; Apatow told the audience. &#8220;I mean, is that in ‘Dianetics’ because there&#8217;s nothing about jumping off a cliff in the Torah?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The only thing he seems to be afraid of is co-parenting and antidepressants,&#8221; he added, as some members of the crowd audibly gasped. &#8220;Do you think if Tom Cruise took antidepressants he&#8217;d be like, &#8216;I&#8217;m not jumping off of a f***ing motorcycle on a cliff? Why do I even work, I&#8217;m rich.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Cruise and all those connected with the monster hit sequel to &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; had reason to celebrate recently after being named the Best Film of 2022 by the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-scores-new-honor-after-being-named-best-film-of-2022">reported</a>. The highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 movie grossed more domestically than any other movie in 2022 and was genuinely loved by critics and audience members alike.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Becomes Studio’s Highest Earning Film At Domestic Box Office In Its 110 Year-History</a></strong></p>


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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hollywood director Steven Spielberg complimented Tom Cruise at Monday&#8217;s Academy Awards luncheon, telling him that his film “Top Gun: Maverick” may well have saved Hollywood.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Top Gun: Maverick” has <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2500036097/?ref_=bo_yld_table_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grossed</a> $1.48 billion worldwide since its release in May 2022. Other films did well in 2022; “<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1700221445/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jurassic World: Dominion</a>,” which opened in June, has raked in over $1 billion worldwide; “<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr535450117/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness</a>” and “<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr101863941/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minions: The Rise of Gru</a>” took in almost $1 billion since their releases in May and July, respectively. “<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1943818757/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avatar: The Way Of Water</a>,” which opened in December, outdid them all, earning over $2.2 billion worldwide.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;You saved Hollywood’s ass, and you might have saved theatrical distribution,&#8221; Spielberg told Cruise, &#8220;Seriously, ’Maverick’ might have saved the entire theatrical industry.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">steven spielberg telling tom cruise to his face, “you saved hollywood’s ass. and, you might have saved theatrical distribution. seriously. MAVERICK might have saved the entire theatrical industry.” i have to lie down. <a href="https://t.co/nYbWbgadM7">pic.twitter.com/nYbWbgadM7</a></p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Cruise insisted that his film be released in theaters rather than on streaming services, which have burgeoned since the COVID pandemic.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The two men have worked together on two films: “Minority Report” and “War Of The Worlds.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Top Gun: Maverick” is nominated for best picture, along with “All Quiet On The Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees Of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans,” “Tar,” Triangle Of Sadness,” and “Women Talking.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“The pandemic created an opportunity for streaming platforms to raise their subscriptions to record-breaking levels and also throw some of my best filmmaker friends under the bus as their movies were unceremoniously not given theatrical releases,” Spielberg told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/movies/steven-spielberg-the-fabelmans.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> in December. “They were paid off and the films were suddenly relegated to, in this case, HBO Max. The case I’m talking about. And then everything started to change.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I think there has to be a concerted effort on the part of movie directors to demand that the streaming services footing the bill for most of these films give their movies a chance to be exhibited theatrically and not just in four theaters to qualify for awards. It’s going to have to come from all of us — the WGA [the Writers Guild], the DGA [the Directors Guild], and eventually the academy,” he declared.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Certain movies are perfectly suitable to the iPad or the living room. So the decision that executives and executives like myself at Amblin Partners have to make is: Do we consign this movie to a streaming service or this other movie to a four- or six-week theatrical window? &#8230; We don’t want these chains to file Chapter 11. We want theaters to stay open,” he concluded.</p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Cruise</a> and all those connected with the monster hit &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; have more reason to celebrate after being named the Best Film of 2022 by the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes.</p>
<p>The highly anticipated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sequel</a> to the 1986 movie &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; grossed more domestically than any other movie in 2022 and was genuinely loved by critics and audience members alike, <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/02/top-gun-maverick-rotten-tomatoes-best-film-2022-1235253650/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> reported.</p>
<p>The movie scored a 96% certified fresh grade from critics out of nearly 500 reviews — and even more impressive was the 99% fresh score the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; sequel got from those who went to see the movie. Other movies in the top three include “The Banshees of Inisherin&#8221; with a 97% certified fresh score, and the sci-fi adventure &#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once&#8221; with 95%.</p>
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<p>The film directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Cruise scored a rare A+ CinemaScore, too. It was not only a hit with theater-goers domestically, but ended up being the second highest grossing movie worldwide based on pure calendar days of 2022.</p>
<p>&#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; has also been nominated for a total of six Oscars, including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay (from Ehren Kruger, Christopher McQuarrie, Eric Warren Singer, Peter Craig, and Justin Marks), along with a nomination for Lady Gaga and BloodPop&#8217;s original song &#8220;Hold My Hand,&#8221; the outlet noted.</p>
<p>In the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">non-woke sequel</a>, Cruise&#8217;s character &#8220;Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him,&#8221; before he is called back to “Top Gun,” according to <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDb</a>.</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s global success has made it the &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; star&#8217;s first film to ever reach such a milestone. The success of the movie did not escape Cruise, who previously took to social media to thank fans for turning up in droves.</p>
<p>&#8220;To all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations,&#8221; Cruise’s <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1541489523485442048?s=20&amp;t=ByFJE-HCPM_waJk-exr3Fw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> to his 6.9 million followers read.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">To all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations. To the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you. </p>
<p>See you at the movies.</p>
<p>&mdash; Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1541489523485442048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;To the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you,&#8221; the actor&#8217;s message added. &#8220;See you at the movies.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-and-top-gun-maverick-can-take-another-victory-lap-after-debut-on-paramount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Cruise And &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Can Take Another Victory Lap After Debut On Paramount+</a></strong></p>


The Royal Film Performance & UK Premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick”

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Scores New Honor After Being Named Best Film Of 2022

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<p>Tom Hanks spilled the details on the Christmas gift he said he gets every year from superstar Tom Cruise and said both his family and entire staff looks for it to arrive in the mail starting after Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-hanks">66-year-old</a> actor&#8217;s recent appearance on the YouTube show &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSyov0Hjz8">Mythical Kitchen</a>.&#8221; the superstar actor revealed to the host that the gift from the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; star would be part of his ultimate &#8220;last meal.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And my last meal would be challah bread French toast with Carey&#8217;s sugar free syrup, an In-N-Out double double with a Diet Coke,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-hanks-says-hes-made-only-four-pretty-good-movies-during-his-entire-career">Hanks</a> explained as he went on listing several other items before sharing that he would top it all off with a white chocolate coconut bundt cake.</p>
<p>&#8220;This cake is so great,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You can really only have it once a year. Which works out perfectly because I don&#8217;t order it. It arrives as a gift at Christmas.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Now, I&#8217;m gonna drop a name now, and I don&#8217;t want you to go berserk, but this is a big name,&#8221; Hanks continued. &#8220;Not everybody gets this white chocolate coconut bundt cake. This is a Christmas gift that we get every year from Tom Cruise.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Forrest Gump&#8221; star said he&#8217;s not the only one who eagerly waits for the cake to arrive, but the entire staff at his production studio does as well.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now, what&#8217;s interesting is the folks now at the office, the Playtone World headquarters around, starting about Thanksgiving, they start eyeing the, you know, &#8216;what mail has come in today,'&#8221; the superstar actor shared. &#8220;You know, &#8216;is the big box coming in&#8217;? Are we getting what is essentially being called the Tom Cruise cake? Because this is just off the scale, fantastic.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Cast Away&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-didnt-let-tim-allen-tom-hanks-says-he-didnt-understand-why-chris-evans-replaced-allen-as-buzz-for-lightyear">star</a> said the staffers start out with big slices of the cake after it arrives, but over time the slices get smaller and smaller as everyone tries to make the cake last as long as possible.</p>
<p>&#8220;As time goes by, we realize these, the days are numbered on the survival of this cake,&#8221; Hanks shared. &#8220;So everybody starts slicing thinner and thinner slices, you know, and it&#8217;s a mathematical proof that you just keep cutting everything in half. You will never run out of Tom Cruise cake.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rita-wilson-says-slowing-down-her-movie-career-to-raise-her-kids-wasnt-a-sacrifice-but-a-choice">Rita Wilson Says &#8216;Slowing Down&#8217; Her Movie Career To Raise Her Kids Wasn&#8217;t &#8216;A Sacrifice&#8217; &#8216;But A Choice&#8217;</a></strong></p>


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Tom Hanks Spills Details On The Christmas Gift He Gets Every Year From Tom Cruise

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legendary Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently paid some compliments to “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” star </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Cruise</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, calling him one of the hardest-working actors in the business. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 79-year-old movie mogul </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/top-gun-maverick-producer-jerry-bruckheimer-nobody-works-harder-tom-cruise"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Fox News Digital that he’s proud of Cruise’s work ethic while indicating that another “Top Gun” installment wasn&#8217;t out of the question.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;There&#8217;s nobody like him. Nobody works harder, cares more, or is a better actor than Tom Cruise,&#8221; Bruckheimer said while attending the Critics Choice Awards Sunday evening. &#8220;We&#8217;re very fortunate that he came back to do another &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; in &#8216;Maverick&#8217; and made it the worldwide success it&#8217;s become.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The producer went on to discuss the intense preparation that actors underwent to prepare for their “Maverick” roles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Our actors went through three months of training in various jets. First in a prop plane then an aerobatic prop then in a jet and finally in an F-18, so they can handle all the G forces that the plane puts on, eight or nine G&#8217;s a time,&#8221; Bruckheimer told the publication.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It worked perfectly because our actors in the plane when we actually filmed it was real and that&#8217;s amazing,” he continued. “The fact that they withstood those amounts of G&#8217;s and gave a great performance on top of it, it made it a worldwide hit.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 action movie “Top Gun” grossed more than $1.4 billion at the global box office plus more than $690 million domestically, making it one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, as The Daily Wire previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-jumps-from-helicopter-to-thank-fans-who-saw-top-gun-maverick-in-theaters-honor-of-a-lifetime"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In December, Cruise sent a special message to fans, thanking them for their support as he jumped out of a helicopter while on location in South Africa filming the upcoming film “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans are eager to see a follow-up to “Maverick,” but Bruckheimer said while it’s always a possibility, Cruise is focusing on the “Mission: Impossible” franchise for now.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;He&#8217;s in the middle of shooting &#8216;Mission Impossible,&#8217; he&#8217;s got a lot of very difficult, hard stunts he&#8217;s doing. &#8230; It&#8217;s not the time to take attention away from what&#8217;s important to him right now,” the producer </span><a href="https://movieweb.com/top-gun-3-is-possible-but-not-yet-says-jerry-bruckheimer/#where-will-cruise-go-next-after-top-gun-and-mission-impossible"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> when asked about the future of “Top Gun.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But he didn&#8217;t rule out the idea entirely. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We&#8217;ll have to wait and see,&#8221; he told Fox News over the weekend.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Director Joseph Kosinski also weighed in on the possibility, saying, “Is there another story that is compelling enough that we need to go back? It seems to me at the end of this film that Maverick has some gas left in the tank. He&#8217;s not settling down.&#8221;</span></p>


“Top Gun: Maverick” Japan Premiere Red Carpet

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Producer Jerry Bruckheimer On Tom Cruise: ‘Nobody Works Harder’

'Top Gun: Maverick' Producer Jerry Bruckheimer On Tom Cruise: 'Nobody Works Harder'

<p>Tom Cruise and all involved in &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; can take another victory lap after the movie&#8217;s premiere on Paramount+ became the most-watched film to ever debut on the streaming site in the U.S.</p>
<p>Brian Robbins, President and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Chief Content Officer, Movies and Kids &amp; Family, Paramount+ called the release of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sequel</a> to the hit 1986 film on the streaming site a &#8220;runaway success.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The runaway success of this film across theatrical, digital and now in streaming is an undeniable proof point demonstrating the power of Paramount&#8217;s multi-platform release strategy,&#8221; Robbins explained.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to see a continuation of the film&#8217;s massive record-breaking success by becoming the #1 most-watched movie premiere on Paramount+,&#8221; Tanya Giles, Chief Programming Officer, Paramount Streaming added. &#8220;We continue to benefit from the highly anticipated theatrical hits from Paramount Pictures that come to the service delivering fans a new way to continue to watch and re-watch their favorite movies.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a tweet on Wednesday, Paramount+ shared that &#8220;Maverick did it again! #TopGun: Maverick is now the #1 Global Movie Premiere on #ParamountPlus EVER!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maverick did it again! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopGun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TopGun</a>: Maverick is now the #1 Global Movie Premiere on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParamountPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ParamountPlus</a> EVER! <a href="https://t.co/nIB3H1DCg0">pic.twitter.com/nIB3H1DCg0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Paramount+ (@paramountplus) <a href="https://twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1608145046112436224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Cruise-led <a href="https://twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1605941531529150465?s=20&amp;t=jvDHrFKAIDci4YnlV5XAWw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">film debuted</a> on the streaming platform on December 22 and quickly became the most-watched film on the streaming service, surpassing &#8220;Sonic the Hedgehog&#8221; by 60%, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/12/top-gun-maverick-premiere-weekend-viewership-record-paramount-plus-1235207692/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted. However, Paramount Global has yet to disclose specific viewership numbers for the film.</p>
<p>Ahead of the highly-anticipated sequel&#8217;s release on the platform, the company said viewership for the original &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; film went up by 400%, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>It is another win for the film after it surpassed the $1.4 billion <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1745960/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">milestone</a> worldwide, becoming one of the top-grossing films of all time, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/08/top-gun-maverick-1-4-billion-worldwide-box-office-tom-cruise-1235097053/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted.</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s success worldwide has made it the &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; star&#8217;s first movie to ever reach such a milestone. The success of the movie did not escape <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-sends-message-to-audience-after-top-gun-maverick-crosses-1-billion-mark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cruise</a>, who took to social media to thank fans for turning up in droves.</p>
<p>&#8220;To all the films in release, to all the studios, and to all the exhibitors: congratulations,&#8221; Cruise&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1541489523485442048?s=20&amp;t=ByFJE-HCPM_waJk-exr3Fw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> to his 6.9 million followers read.</p>
<p>&#8220;To the audience: thank you for venturing out and allowing us to entertain you,&#8221; the actor&#8217;s message added. &#8220;See you at the movies.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Becomes Studio&#8217;s Highest Earning Film At Domestic Box Office In Its 110 Year-History</a></strong></p>


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Tom Cruise And ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Can Take Another Victory Lap After Debut On Paramount+

<p>Legendary actor Tom Cruise gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at how he executed what he called &#8220;the most dangerous&#8221; stunt that he&#8217;s ever attempted for the newest film in the Mission Impossible movie franchise.</p>
<p>The clip that Cruise shared on social media previews a stunt from his upcoming summer 2023 movie &#8220;Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One&#8221; that features a dangerous motorcycle cliff jump.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is far and away the most dangerous thing we&#8217;ve ever attempted,&#8221; Cruise said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been working on this for years. We&#8217;re going to shoot it in Norway and it will be a motorcycle jump off a cliff into a base jump. I&#8217;ve wanted to do it since I was a little kid. And it all comes down to one thing — the audience.&#8221;</p>
<p>The clip outlines the extraordinary preparation that went into the scene, including conducting hundreds of parachute jumps from a helicopter and thousands of motocross jumps on dirt tracks constructed solely for Cruise to practice on.</p>
<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t be careful,&#8221; Cruise said. &#8220;Be competent.&#8221;</p>
<p>Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie said, &#8220;The only thing that scares me more is what we have planned for &#8216;Mission 8,’” which will be part two of the movie, which is set to be released in 2024.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">So excited to share what we’ve been working on. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MissionImpossible?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MissionImpossible</a> <a href="https://t.co/rIyiLzQdMG">pic.twitter.com/rIyiLzQdMG</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1604839778125430785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Cruise <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-jumps-from-helicopter-to-thank-fans-who-saw-top-gun-maverick-in-theaters-honor-of-a-lifetime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">generated</a> headlines earlier this week when he released a video thanking fans who went to the movies over the summer to see “Top Gun: Maverick.”</p>
<p>The movie grossed more than $1.4 billion at the global box office and more than $690 million domestically after three months in theaters, making it one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, Variety reported back in September.</p>
<p>“Hey everyone, here we are over sunny South Africa,” Cruise said in the new video while sitting on the edge of a helicopter. “And we’re filming ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’ parts one and two.”</p>
<p>“I didn’t want the year to end without thanking you all for coming out to the theaters, and thank you for supporting ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’” he said.</p>
<p>Cruise then introduced Christopher McQuarrie, the writer and director of “Dead Reckoning,” who told Cruise that he had to wrap it up because they were on a tight filming schedule.</p>
<p>“Listen, we really gotta roll, we gotta get this shot,” McQuarrie said.</p>
<p>“Oh ya, we’re filming,” Cruise responded. “We gotta get this shot. Are you coming?”</p>
<p>“Not on your life,” McQuarrie answered. “Good luck.”</p>
<p>“We’ll see you down there,” Cruise said as he jumped out of the helicopter.</p>
<p>“Where was I?” Cruise says as he looks at the camera and falls through the sky. “Oh, yeah. Thank you for supporting ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ As always, thank you for allowing us to entertain you. It truly is the honor of a lifetime. Yeah, very lucky.”</p>
<p>“I’m running out of altitude, so I better get back to work,” Cruise said as he broke away from the camera and headed straight toward the ocean. “We gotta get this shot. You have a very safe and happy holiday. We’ll see you at the movies.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A special message from the set of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MissionImpossible?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MissionImpossible</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MissionFilm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MissionFilm</a> <a href="https://t.co/Heyugr0BlJ">pic.twitter.com/Heyugr0BlJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Top Gun (@TopGunMovie) <a href="https://twitter.com/TopGunMovie/status/1604598869169405954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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London Celebrity Sightings – July 25, 2022

Tom Cruise Releases Footage Of ‘Most Dangerous’ Stunt He’s Ever Attempted For New ‘Mission: Impossible’ Film

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New Year means resolutions we’ll quickly break, two more months of winter, and the start of the 2024 presidential campaign.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who wouldn’t want an escape from all of the above?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hollywood hopes it can help. The following projects, from TV shows to films coming next year, promise to distract us from the year’s problems. Let’s hope they’re as woke-free as possible, keeping the emphasis on laughs, danger, and excitement.</span></p>
<h2><strong>“That ‘90s Show” (Netflix, January 19)</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">American culture gorges on nostalgia, and no decade inspires that better than the 1980s — “Stranger Things,” “The Wedding Singer,” “The Goldbergs,” “Hot Tub Time Machine” — to name just a few projects that evoke the Reagan era.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What about the ‘90s? The decade is much harder to capture than most periods. The fashions weren’t exaggerated (no shoulder pads or mullets), the music was grungy but powered by pop essentials and the combination of cable TV and the internet’s rise splintered the culture in a million different directions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That makes the decade much harder to nail in a single show or series.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This TV reboot wants it both ways. The story picks up where “That ‘70s Show” left off, including cast members from the old Fox series. Plus, it’ll try to spark a ‘90s renaissance all by itself. Good luck, but we can’t say we’re not curious.</span></p>
<h2><b>“You” (Netflix, February 10)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It might be the guiltiest pleasure around, the tale of an obsessed romantic (memorably played by Penn Badgley) who will do anything for true love … even killing those who get in the way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The show has grown more outlandish since it’s over-the-top first season, but Badgley’s droll narration, and the fiendish twists, keep us coming back for more.</span></p>
<h2><b>“Party Down” (Starz, February 24)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The cult 2009 comedy featured a who’s who of comic actors who deserved to be bigger stars, like Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, and Adam Scott. The hip, “Office”-like look at a catering company never scored huge ratings, but fans became passionate about the show’s sly humor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, Starz is bringing most of the original cast (minus Lizzy Caplan) back for six new episodes. </span></p>
<h2><b>“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (In Theaters, February 17)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Marvel Cinematic Universe needs a boost, even from the tiniest of heroes. The end of the MCU’s Phase IV couldn’t come quickly enough, following disappointing films like “Black Widow,” “The Eternals” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 2015 “Ant Man” film proved a tonal change of place, while the sequel (2018) delivered big laughs along with the usual comic book action. Can a third film keep that MCU spirit alive, or will the MCU’s turn to identity politics drag this franchise-within-a-franchise down, too?</span></p>
<h2><b>“The Mandalorian” (Disney+, March 1)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No Cara Dune … big problem? The loss of Gina Carano’s beloved character isn’t the only stumbling block for the rare “Star Wars” off-shoot that didn’t make longtime fans wince. The second season seemed to cap the Baby Yoda storyline, for starters. That final episode also delivered a fun, and shocking Luke Skywalker cameo (courtesy of CGI).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What can Team “Mandalorian” do to top that? And will the show stick to the woke-free trail that worked so well up until now, or will Disney’s cultural influence rear its ugly head?</span></p>
<h2><b>“John Wick: Chapter 4” (In Theaters, March 24)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keanu Reeves is one of the few movie stars who fully earns the title. He’s versatile, ageless and his </span><a href="https://www.news24.com/you/celebs/international/is-there-no-end-to-keanu-reeves-kindness-actor-stuns-crew-with-timeless-gifts-20211103" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">off-screen kindness</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> makes as many headlines as his movies. This franchise, not for the squeamish, delivers bone-crunching action with attitude.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The saga consistently scores with its balletic mayhem and dry sense of humor. This rampage all began, in case some forgot, because someone killed John Wick’s dog. Bet they regret that now.</span></p>
<h2><b>“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (In Theaters, March 17) </b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember films like “Superman: The Movie”? That 1978 classic didn’t lecture us about climate change or explore the geopolitical ramifications of super-powered beings. It was pure, unadulterated fun.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first “Shazam!” (2019) didn’t equal the Man of Steel’s big screen adventure, but it brought that zippy spirit back to theaters. It helped that star Zachary Levi added his goofy charm to the role, and that his off-screen messaging is both positive and kind.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The obligatory sequel promises more of the same, according to the trailer, plus Helen Mirren as the villain.</span></p>
<h2><b>“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” (In Theaters, July 14)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This spy saga just keeps getting better. Star Tom Cruise, coming off the biggest hit of his decades-long career with “Top Gun: Maverick,” returns as superspy Ethan Hunt. The film offers the saga’s first two-part adventure, with the second installment coming in 2024.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once again, Ethan gets a hand from his faithful partners played by Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Ving Rhames, but the franchise’s jaw-dropping action remains the prime attraction.</span></p>
<h2><b>“Oppenheimer” (In Theaters, July 21)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s hope director Christopher Nolan’s latest isn’t as mind-twisting as either “Inception” or “Tenet.” The star-studded project (Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey, Jr., Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Matt Damon) charts the Manhattan Project and its key figure, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Murphy).</span></p>
<h2><b>“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple TV+/Theaters, Date TBD)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directorial legend Martin Scorsese just turned 80, but the mind behind “Goodfellas,” “Raging Bull,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” shows no sign of slowing down. Every new Scorsese project is an event, a chance to see the master at work.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Flower Moon” reteams the director with his muse, Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio. The film, based on the book by journalist David Grann, recalls the serial killings in 1920s Oklahoma later dubbed the Reign of Terror.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scorsese regular Robert De Niro joins DiCaprio, as do comeback actor Brendan Fraser and “Breaking Bad” alum Jesse Plemons. </span></p>
<h2><b>“The Nightingale” (In Theaters, TBD)</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Siblings Dakota and Elle Fanning star as sisters who, at the onset of World War II, stand tall against the German occupation of France. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Based on Kristin Hannah’s international bestseller, the film has been bumped around the release schedule and is tentative for the new year.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The story was inspired by women who not only came to the rescue of downed Allied pilots but hid Jews from the Nazis.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for kids’ entertainment content.</span></p>
<p><em>Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>. </em></p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</em></p>


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<p>Legendary actor Tom Cruise filmed a special thank you message released over the weekend to fans who watched &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; in theaters over the summer.</p>
<p>The movie grossed more than $1.4 billion at the global box office and more than $690 million domestically after three months in theaters, making it one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/top-gun-maverick-breaks-digital-sales-record-1235358416/">reported</a> back in September.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hey everyone, here we are over sunny South Africa,&#8221; Cruise said in the new video while sitting on the edge of a helicopter. &#8220;And we&#8217;re filming ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’ parts one and two.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want the year to end without thanking you all for coming out to the theaters, and thank you for supporting &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick,'&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Cruise then introduced Christopher McQuarrie, the writer and director of &#8220;Dead Reckoning,&#8221; who told Cruise that he had to wrap it up because they were on a tight filming schedule.</p>
<p>&#8220;Listen we really gotta roll, we gotta get this shot,&#8221; McQuarrie said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh ya, we&#8217;re filming,&#8221; Cruise responded. &#8220;We gotta get this shot. Are you coming?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Not on your life,&#8221; McQuarrie answered. &#8220;Good luck.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll see you down there,&#8221; Cruise said as he jumped out of the helicopter.</p>
<p>&#8220;Where was I?&#8221; Cruise says as he looks at the camera as he falls through the sky. &#8220;Oh, yeah. Thank you for supporting &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217;. As always, thank you for allowing us to entertain you. It truly is the honor of a lifetime. Yeah, very lucky.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m running out of altitude, so I better get back to work,&#8221; Cruise said as he broke away from the camera and headed straight toward the ocean. &#8220;We gotta get this shot. You have a very safe and happy holiday. We&#8217;ll see you at the movies.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A special message from the set of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MissionImpossible?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MissionImpossible</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MissionFilm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MissionFilm</a> <a href="https://t.co/Heyugr0BlJ">pic.twitter.com/Heyugr0BlJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Top Gun (@TopGunMovie) <a href="https://twitter.com/TopGunMovie/status/1604598869169405954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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