The engines have been revving on the grid for a couple of years, but now Tom Cruise has announced that Days of Thunder 2 is set to race into cinemas in the summer of 2028, with Anne Hathaway in the passenger seat.
Paramount Pictures revealed that Cruise will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle from the 1990 racing thriller. He will be joined by Anne Hathaway (The Odyssey) who is set to play a team owner and engineer.
Cruise will produce alongside original Days of Thunder producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Tommy Harper, while Jonathan Levine (50/50, Warm Bodies) will direct from a script written by Will Staples (Without Remorse).
Cruise celebrated the news with his heavily-pregnant co-star in a video message from trackside, which you can check out below.
Days of Thunder. Summer 2028. pic.twitter.com/rD3QLXfUyi
— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) August 29, 2026
Reuniting Cruise with his Top Gun director Tony Scott, the $60 million budgeted Days of Thunder was something of a dud upon release, grossing just $157 million at the worldwide box-office and receiving a critical drubbing for its paper-thin characters and clunky script.
Next up Cruise is on world-saving duties in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger, until then you can let us know whether you think Days of Thunder 2 will hit the same heights as his last legacy sequel by heading to our social channels @FlickeringMyth…
