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Tom Cruise suffers an injury during Mission: Impossible 6 stunt

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It appears that Tom Cruise has suffered a (seemingly minor) injury filming a stunt for the currently-in-production Mission: Impossible 6. TMZ has released a video showing Cruise attempting a stunt in London where he jumps between two buildings, only to fall short of the leap and crash into the side of one of the buildings. […]

Universal will reportedly lose around $95 million on The Mummy

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Yesterday we brought you some comments from Alex Kurtzman, director of The Mummy, who responded to the critical backlash against the Dark Universe-launching reboot, where he towed standard the “we made it for the fans, not the critics” line. Well, it seems that the fans haven’t responded to the movie as well as Universal would […]

Wonder Woman crosses $500 million, Spider-Man spin-offs in MCU, Duke Nukem movie update and more – Weekend News Roundup

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SUCCESS WOMAN After a fantastic opening weekend and even better follow-up (where it only fell 45%), Wonder Woman was finally knocked off the top of the US box office this weekend by Cars 3. However it wasn’t all bad news. The movie earned another $40 million and its worldwide total is now $571 million. It’s […]

Mark Wahlberg tops the list of the world’s highest-paid actors

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Transformers: The Last Knight star Mark Wahlberg has topped Forbes‘ list of the highest-paid actors in actresses in the world for the period of June 2016 and June 2017, knocking last year’s champ Dwayne Johnson down into second place. Wahlberg earned $68 million thanks to the latest instalment in the Transformers franchise, as well as […]

Movie Review – American Made (2017)

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American Made, 2017. Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, E. Roger Mitchell, Jesse Plemons, Lola Kirke, Alejandro Edda, Benito Martinez, Caleb Landry Jones, and Jayma Mays. SYNOPSIS: A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s. Antiheroes require an actor that radiates […]

Movie Review – American Made (2017)

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American Made, 2017. Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, E. Roger Mitchell, Jesse Plemons, Lola Kirke, Alejandro Edda, Benito Martinez, Caleb Landry Jones, and Jayma Mays. SYNOPSIS: A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s. There’s an unshakeable feeling that Tom […]

Tom Cruise And Why Top Gun 2 Should Be Canned

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Neil Calloway says it’s time Hollywood started saying no to Cruise… It’s a cliché to say success has many fathers while failure is an orphan, but it’s no less true for that. The most recent example of this in Hollywood is everyone disowning The Mummy and blaming its poor box office on star Tom Cruise […]

Top Gun: Maverick director shoots down rumor that film’s plot involves drones, Jerry Bruckheimer talks sequel pressure

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Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski recently addressed the rumor circulating that the film involves the rise of drone technology. Speaking to CinemaBlend, the director swiftly shoots down the idea: “Personally, I would never want to see a movie about drones. For me Top Gun has always been not about fighter planes. It’s been about […]

Tom Cruise reveals Top Gun 2 is titled Top Gun: Maverick

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Last week Tom Cruise revealed that Top Gun 2 is “definitely happening” and will likely shoot in 2018, and now the star has been chatting to Access Hollywood about the sequel, revealing that it is currently going by the title of Top Gun: Maverick, referring to his character’s nickname in the original gilm. “Aviators are […]