Tom Cruise and film crew at the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles on March 16, 2024.Photo:NATO / BACKGRID
NATO / BACKGRID
Tom Cruiseappears to have found a new iconic location to pull off his famous stuntwork.
On Saturday, Cruise, 61, was seen with a film crew at the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills as theTop Gun: Maverickstar scaled the famed landmark.
The actor wore an all-black t-shirt, pants and shoes for the shoot and at one point flashed his abs from underneath his shirt. Largely thanks to his long-runningMission: Impossibleseries, Cruise has become synonymous with the dangerous stunts seen in the action-packed films.
A representative for Cruise did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment Monday. It’s unclear what Cruise was filming on Saturday.
Tom Cruise and film crew at the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles on March 16, 2024.NATO / BACKGRID
Cruise last appeared onscreen inMission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, which brought back his character Ethan Hunt for a seventh entry in the long-runningMission: Impossibleseries. The movie made $172 million at thedomestic box officeand also received two nominations at the recent96th Academy Awardsfor Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.
A title for the eighth film in the series has not yet been announced.
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Cruise also has several other projects in development. In February, PEOPLE confirmed that he will star in the next movie from filmmakerAlejandro G. Iñárritu(The Revenant, Birdman), andThe Hollywood Reporterreported in January thatTop Gun 3is in development at Paramount, withMaverickfilmmakerJoseph Kosinskiin talks to direct a follow-up to 2022’s highest-grossing movie.
Tom Cruise in 2023’s Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning.Christian Black/Paramount Pictures
“We’ve been working on it diligently,” Cruise toldVarietyin July 2023, when asked for an update on the project. “We’ll see where we go.”
source: people.com
