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- Anne Hathaway is joining the ‘Days of Thunder’ sequel.
- Tom Cruise will star in and produce the movie.
- Jonathan Levine is in the director’s driving seat. The ‘Days of Thunder’ sequel is really ready to put pedal to the metal and feel the need for spee… No, that one’s something else.
Star./producer Tom Cruise used an event at the Daytona International Speedway to announce that ‘The Odyssey’s Anne Hathaway is joining him in the new movie.
With ‘Long Shot’ director Jonathan Levine confirmed to call the shots in IMAX, news arrives that Hathaway will play a race car team owner and engineer.
Related Article: ‘Long Shot’ Director Jonathan Levine Boards ‘Days of Thunder’ Sequel
What was the story of ‘Days of Thunder?’
Released in 1990 following the success of movies such as ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Days of Thunder’ followed a similar storyline about a hot-headed lead character, albeit relocated to a new venue.
Produced by Bruckheimer (working back then with late colleague Don Simpson) and directed by ‘Top Gun’s Tony Scott, ‘Thunder’ follows the exploits of the improbably named Cole Trickle (Cruise), a scrappy race car driver recruited to a new NASCAR team led by a retired racing legend played by Robert Duvall.
‘Days of Thunder’ wasn’t considered a box office hit upon its release (it made $157 million globally off a production budget of $60 million), and the film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Yet it has since been re-evaluated.
Will Staples (‘Without Remorse’) has written the latest draft of the sequel’s script and we can imagine Cruise as an older Trickle mentoring younger drivers, much in the style of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’s pilot action.
Where else can we see Anne Hathaway?
Hathaway has had a busy year so far between ‘Mother Mary,’ ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The End of Oak Street.’
Next up for the actor is Coleen Hoover adaptation ‘Verity,’ due for release on October 2.
Tom Cruise Movies:
- 'Taps' (1981)
- 'The Outsiders' (1983)
- 'Risky Business' (1983)
- 'All the Right Moves' (1983)
- 'Legend' (1986)
- 'Top Gun' (1986)
- 'The Color of Money' (1986)
- 'Cocktail' (1988)
- 'Rain Man' (1988)
- 'Born on the Fourth of July' (1989)
- 'Days of Thunder' (1990)
- 'Far and Away' (1992)
- 'A Few Good Men' (1992)
- 'The Firm' (1993)
- 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994)
- 'Mission: Impossible' (1996)
- 'Jerry Maguire' (1996)
- 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)
- 'Magnolia' (2000)
- 'Mission: Impossible II' (2000)
- 'Vanilla Sky' (2001)
- 'Minority Report' (2002)
- 'Austin Powers in Goldmember' (2002)
- 'The Last Samurai' (2003)
- 'Collateral' (2004)
- 'War of the Worlds' (2005)
- 'Mission: Impossible III' (2006)
- 'Lions for Lambs' (2007)
- 'Tropic Thunder' (2008)
- 'Valkyrie' (2008)
- 'Knight and Day' (2010)
- 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' (2011)
- 'Rock of Ages' (2012)
- 'Jack Reacher' (2012)
- 'Oblivion' (2013)
- 'Edge of Tomorrow' (2014)
- 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' (2015)
- 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' (2016)
- 'The Mummy' (2017)
- 'American Made' (2017)
- 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' (2018)
- 'Top Gun: Maverick' (2022)
- 'Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One' (2023)
- 'Digger' (2026)
- 'Untitled Days of Thunder Sequel' (2028)
