Tom Cruise has been pitched a ‘Top Gun 3’ storyline — but is too ‘busy’ with other projects

Pamela Anderson has signed on to star opposite Liam Neeson in a new “Naked Gun” movie, expected to release July 18, 2025.Neeson, 71, has been cast as the clueless police detective Frank Drebin with Anderson, 56, slated to play his love interest. The Post has reached out to both Neeson and Anderson for comment.The original film, written and directed by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker, was based on the short-lived series “Police Squad,” which aired for six episodes in the 1980s. Leslie Nielsen, who died at the age of 84, originated the role of Drebin while starring opposite Priscilla Presley.

Tom Cruise must really love giving gifts. The 61-year-old famously gives his friends a coconut cake every year on Christmas, but it turns out he’s sending gifts to people throughout the year too. Dakota Fanning, who he starred with in the 2005 film “War of the Worlds,” says she has received a gift from the actor since she was 11.Fanning sat with Harper’s Bazaar for an interview where she revealed Cruise was the first person to give her a cell phone.

Suri Cruise will soon be able to legally vote, serve on a jury, buy lottery tickets, join the military, and more. The daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise turns 18 on April 18, and the celebrity kid has been enjoying her last days before becoming a celebrity adult.

Tom Cruise has finally entered The Criterion Collection. While technically, “Cocktail” has been available on the Criterion Channel in the past (no, really), in announcing its July titles today, Criterion made Cruise’s inclusion with a DVD/Blu-Ray title official today with the addition of 1983’s classic comedy, “Risky Business,” the actor’s breakthrough film.

Angelina Jolie’s new musical, ‘The Outsiders,’ is now on Broadway! Opening night was April 11, and Angelina, who serves as producer, walked the red carpet with her daughterVivienne Jolie-Pitt, who took on the job as her assistant. The 15-year-old looks like a mini version of both her parents, but there is no denying she has many of her father, Brad Pitt’s features.Vivienne is no stranger to red carpets, and she has supported her mom in the past with her siblings, but this is the first time she has gone alone, playing a role in the production.

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Tom Cruise’s famous friends are blessed with a coconut cake. It’s been dubbed by many as the “best,” and it seems like anyone he hits it off with can make the list. He’s kept the tradition for around a decade, and Kristen Dunst, who he worked with in the 1994 film Interview with the Vampire, still receives it.Now known as the “Cruise Cake” the Mission Impossible star chose a $126 white chocolate coconut bundt cake made by Doan’s Bakery in Woodland Hills, California.

Lewis Hamilton is reflecting on a missed opportunity.

The nearly two-year old dogfight between Paramount and the family of the writer of the 1983 article that inspired the franchise is over.

borrowed too much from a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original “Top Gun” film.In a decision on Friday, US District Judge Percy Anderson in Los Angeles said the sequel was not “substantially similar” to Ehud Yonay’s “Top Guns,” about the US Navy’s Top Gun fighter pilot training school in San Diego.Yonay’s widow Shosh Yonay and son Yuval Yonay, the heirs to his copyright, said they deserved some of the sequel’s profits, after Paramount built a billion-dollar franchise off an article that “breathed life into the technical humdrum of a navy base.”Lawyers for the Yonays did not immediately respond on Monday to requests for comment.

Lewis Hamilton is producing a Formula 1 movie with Joseph Kosinski starring Brad Pitt.

“A Bit of Light.”Moyer, 54, directs Paquin, 41, in the indie movie, written by Rachel Callard and based on her eponymous stage play.It’s the second time that Moyer has directed Paquin in a big-screen movie following “The Parting Glass” (2018).He also directed her in episodes of “True Blood” when they co-starred on the HBO series as vampire Bill Compton and telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse from 2008-2014.“A Bit of Light” follows the journey of Ella (Paquin), an alcoholic mother living with her father (Ray Winstone) and dealing with self-loathing after losing her two daughters over her drinking — and the 13-year-old boy, Neil (Luca Hogan), who helps her see the “light” toward a better future.“Ella is at this excruciatingly mundane place after what she thinks is rock-bottom and realizes that the everday-ness of living with her choices and decisions is actually a level of rock-bottom she didn’t know existed yet,” Paquin told The Post.“Throughout the film we see her slightly coming out of her shell little by little … but she does a lot of things within her power to sabotage her own happiness.”Ella strikes up an unlikely friendship with the wise-beyond-his-years Neil, who she meets in the park where she used to take her daughters — and where she frequently goes to brood over her plight.Neil is an odd duck who speaks on an adult level (he addresses Ella’s father, Alan, by his first name) and appears to be friendless. He talks about his parents and older brother (who we never meet) but he always has time to materialize in Ella’s life (and the lives of other characters) at crucial junctures.“This strange, fabulous Neil is on a mission to help her put herself back together and get her life back on track,” Paquin said.

has show business in her blood. But unlike other , she's opted for a role behind the scenes. At least for now (teenagers are a notoriously fickle breed).Vivienne made a rare appearance alongside her mom at a preview performance of The Outsiders on April 3.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Superstars Tom Cruise and Pedro Pascal, recent Oscar winner Emma Stone and the legendary “Godzilla Minus One” are among the winners of the 4th annual Critics Choice Super Awards. The awards, which honor fan-favorite genres in film and television, saw a diverse array of movies and TV shows garnering accolades from international critics and journalists.

Nicholas Galitzine opened up in a revealing interview with Variety.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Oscar-winning dramas and box office genre hits are making their way to streaming platforms this month. Far and away the best movie set to premiere is Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” a disturbing masterwork about the Holocaust that picked up two Academy Awards last month: best international feature and best sound design. Distributor A24 inked a streaming deal with Max last year, so “Zone of Interest” now joins other must-see recent A24 films like Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” on the Warner Bros.

Katie Holmes and her daughter, Suri Cruise, seem to have exciting plans for the holiday weekend. The mother-daughter duo was spotted on the move on Thursday with luggage.The very private family will likely not be sharing updates about where they are headed, but it’s nice to see them spending quality time together.Suri pulled a cute pink suitcase, showing off her personal style. She has been following in her mom’s footsteps when it comes to being a fashionista, rocking bold red pants with fun white and black designs.

Tom Cruise has been living the single life for the last month after calling it quits with 36-year-old Russian socialite Elsina Khayrova. The couple was only together for a couple of months, dating since December, with news breaking on February 21 that the 61-year-old ended the relationship.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Cruise is a busy man, which makes it all but impossible to put a timeline on when “Top Gun” fans might finally get to see a third installment in the beloved action-drama franchise. Variety confirmed in January that Paramount was developing “Top Gun 3” and had tapped its “Top Gun: Maverick” co-writer Ehren Kruger to work on the screenplay. Franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer now tells ScreenRant he has no idea when Cruise might even have free time in his schedule to shoot the third “Top Gun” film.

In what is no surprise, Warner Bros Motion Picture Group is getting into business with its Dune and Wonka star Timothée Chalamet, and has hammered a multi-year first look feature film deal with the Oscar nominee as actor and producer.