Insert that “Oh my god, it’s happening” GIF from the The Office.
Folks, Days of Thunder 2 is on the table, with news breaking last week that talks are circulating about the sequel. The original, of course, came out in 1990. It has a divided reception among critics and NASCAR fans alike in the 34 years since, but I waxed a bit poetic about it after marathoning director Tony Scott’s films over the summer.
This is something that has bounced its way around movie rumor spheres for the last two and a half years or so. Ever since Top Gun: Maverick came out to immense success (almost $1.5 billion at the box office, six Oscar nominations, one Oscar win, named Best Film of 2022 by the NBR and more) the thought has been that Days of Thunder might get a sequel — the first one was “Top Gun on wheels,” so why not?
The details aren’t exactly expansive, as this is in the very early stages of even being news, but the reports said that Cruise is discussing a sequel with Paramount. The above-linked article from The Hollywood Reporter also mentioned that the production company floated a reboot as a TV series, which Cruise (thank god) shot down.
Sure, it’s only in the “talks” stage. But let’s face it: Tom Cruise is still one of the most marketable stars in Hollywood — one of our last movie stars — and, with as much pull as he has, it’s pretty likely it’ll happen. I wrote a few articles last year on who I’d like to see get cast in various roles.
My primary hope is that Joseph Kosinski will be at the helm of the movie. Admittedly, he’s doing F1 next year and might not want to do two racing movies back-to-back. But even if we have to wait a few years, he’s the tried-and-true man for the job.
For the F1 movie, he and his crew have reportedly worked immensely hard to create innovative camera designs, putting 6K-quality cameras in the cockpit to put us in the seat with Brad Pitt and the rest of the cast.
They did the same with Maverick, also cramming 6K-quality cameras into a plane cockpit — six of them, in fact — to produce one of the best-looking and most immersive action movies in ages.
#TomCruise and the cast and crew of #TopGunMaverick (2020) give a behind-the-scenes look at how they filmed their real-life flying stunts with 6 IMAX cameras inside the cockpit and how they adjusted to all those G forces. 😱🤢🤙
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