‘Top Gun 3’ In The Works At Paramount Following Tom Cruise Warner Bros Pact

Top Gun: Maverick was one of the biggest movies in the last few years, and Austin Butler had an opportunity to star in it.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The CEO of Paramount Global urged staffers at the entertainment conglomerate to focus on their 2024 business goals, even as a handful of industry heavy hitters and investment firms explore a potential acquisition of the company and speculation about looming layoffs intensifies. In a memo issued to employees Thursday and reviewed by Variety, Bob Bakish acknowledged that Paramount’s future “remains a topic of speculation,” a nod to the fact that a group of investors led by Skydance founder David Ellison have engaged in talks with Paramount’s controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone.

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish said today the company will continue to reduce its global workforce “to operate as a leaner company and spend less.” But there were no further details in a memo to staff obtained by Deadline following a “Bob Live” town hall today.  

David Ellison’s Skydance is said to have made a preliminary offer to buy Shari Redstone’s stake in National Amusements, the family holding company that controls Paramount Global, according to a Bloomberg report.

Natasha Bedingfield‘s ‘Unwritten’ has entered the UK Top 20 again after featuring in Anyone But You.The song initially peaked at Number Six when it was released on November 29, 2004. However, after its appearance in the rom-com Anyone But You starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, ‘Unwritten’ has now charted for the first time in 19 years at Number 18.Commenting on the news, Bedingfield said: “I’ve had songs in movies before but this time I really love the way it’s been used in such a special way that it makes you feel joyful. People are actually singing it as they leave the theatre!“Over the years ‘Unwritten’ has somehow become an anthem to sing at the top of your lungs.

Glen Powell is opening up about his experience with rom-coms, and offering some details on what’s next for him!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Glen Powell and his “Hit Man” co-writer and director Richard Linklater stopped by the Variety Studio presented by Audible at the Sundance Film Festival, where Powell celebrated his role in reviving the romantic-comedy genre. “Anyone But You,” his Sony-backed rom-com with Sydney Sweeney, has earned $64 million at the domestic box office and crossed the $100 million mark worldwide. It’s a huge win for the $25 million movie at a time when many people were writing off the genre as dead.

I.S.S.,” failed to make impact, eyeing a dull opening after drawing $1.2 million from 2,520 theaters across its opening day and previews. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, “I.S.S.” stars Ariana DeBose and Chris Messina as astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Geopolitical tensions on the ship are provoked as conflict escalates on the Earth below.

Jon Hamm has revealed whether he felt any competition with Tom Cruise while the two actors were filming “Top Gun: Maverick.” During his appearance on Friday’s episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” (now streaming on Max), Hamm, 52, said, “What I really learned was that I loved every bit of working with Tom.”“He is the consummate professional. He pushes himself to a level that almost seems superhuman and then invites you,” he continued. “It’s not a competition with him.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The Washington Post said the action thriller, starring Jason Statham, has “more zzzzz than bzzzz.”The rom-com “Anyone But You,” which was in third place last week, moved up a notch to second, with $2.1 million in sales.The film stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, who The Hollywood Reporter said “can’t fake the fizz” in the flick, which is based on William Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing.”Things soured for “Wonka,” which dropped to third, with earnings of $1.8 million. Its star, Timothée Chalamet, was nominated at Jan.

Tom Cruise is set to star in a third Top Gun movie.According to Puck News, Paramount has commissioned Top Gun: Maverick screenwriter Ehren Kruger to start work on a third instalment in the franchise.The studio also plans for director Joseph Kosinski to return and for Cruise to reunite with his co-stars Glen Powell and Miles Teller as well as producers Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison.Cruise is currently shooting the next Mission: Impossible movie for Paramount which is scheduled to be released on May 23, 2025.Reviewing the 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick, NME awarded the film three stars and described it as “an engaging if brainless return to the danger zone”.It added: “Trickled between some breathtaking sequences of G-Force 9 air ballet, it makes for an entertaining blockbuster ride back into the danger zone, albeit one with the fuel pipe to its brain resolutely disengaged.”Cruise, meanwhile recently personally stepped in to support his agent, after she was relieved of her duties following pro-Palestinian social media posts.She had made a number of posts on Instagram, including one that read: “What’s more heartbreaking than witnessing genocide? Witnessing the denial that genocide is happening.”Cruise took “the rare step of going in person” to her office to show his support for her, and he made it known to CAA that he was backing her.

Puck News. The new installment would see the “Mission Impossible” star, 61, return to his role of naval aviator Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, as well as his “Top Gun: Maverick” co-stars Miles Teller and Glen Powell.

Isn’t this curious? Just days after Tom Cruise signed a film deal with Warner Bros., THR reports that Paramount has a sequel to “Top Gun: Maverick” in the works. That comes as a surprise after the fallout of Cruise’s new deal, with sources saying that the relationship between the actor and the studio he’s made five of his last seven films with had reached a boiling point.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Tom Cruise may be headed back to the danger zone. Paramount has tapped “Top Gun: Maverick” co-writer Ehren Kruger to work on a script for a sequel to the action blockbuster, according to Puck. The studio is also reportedly hoping that “Top Gun: Maverick”director Joe Kosinski will get back into the cockpit for another installment in the series, which would potentially see Cruise’s younger co-stars Miles Tiller and Glen Powell return for more high-altitude excitement.

A third Top Gun movie is in the works and a new report has revealed the actors from Top Gun: Maverick who are in talks to reprise their roles.

Earlier this week, news broke that Tom Cruise signed a film deal with Warner Bros. to produce and star in movies for the studio. But what does Cruise’s new deal really mean? It’s not an exclusive deal, and Cruise has a couple of titles to finish making, including the upcoming sequel to “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning,” before he pivots to WBD.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Skydance Media and Paramount Global‘s controlling shareholder are engaged in talks that could fold the home of CBS, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central into a new entity controlled by the people who produce starry Hollywood franchises such as “Mission Impossible” and “Tranformers.” Shari Redstone, who controls Paramount’s corporate parent, National Amusements Inc., is in early discussions with a consortium of investors led by Skydance founder David Ellison,. (above, pictured), according to a person familiar with the matter.

A new scenario has surfaced in the ever-swirling speculation about Paramount Global’s fate.

Lionsgate announced on Tuesday that its new Guy Ritchie film The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare is set to open in wide release on April 19. Set to contend with the pic in its opening weekend at the box office is Radio Silence’s untitled monster thriller for Universal.

There aren’t many true movie stars in Hollywood anymore. Sure, there are A-listers, but there aren’t many people who actually can lend their name to a film and watch it become a hit just based on name recognition alone.