Actor Tom Cruise will star in a “gnarly” rated R movie from director Christopher McQuarrie.
Cruise and McQuarrie recently released their new spy action movie Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in theaters. This marks another of a history of collaborations between the actor and the filmmaker. McQuarrie previously directed Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and Jack Reacher. He also co-wrote the scripts for Valkyrie, Edge of Tomorrow, The Mummy, and Top Gun: Maverick.
In 2020, McQuarrie voiced his intention to make a darker, grittier movie with Cruise that would be rated R, as opposed to their previous PG-13 films. “It’s a very un-Tom character, and we have plans for an even more un-Tom character that we’ve been talking about, which I’m hopeful about in the future,” said McQuarrie.
McQuarrie recently shared an update on the project. “There’s a movie that Cruise and I are talking about doing next or in some probable next, that Erik [Jendresen, writer] and I developed together – what has been referred to on the internet as ‘The Gnarly Movie’,” he said. “It’s that movie that they’re all asking for, and that we want to do.” They will begin work on the movie after finishing Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two.
This would be a departure for Cruise, who has spent the better part of the past decade appearing in PG-13 blockbusters. His only R-rated movie of the 2010s was American Made. He played darker, grittier roles earlier in his career in movies like Collateral, Magnolia, and Eyes Wide Shut. It may be interesting to see Cruise in a role where he can shed his famous movie star persona.
Has Tom Cruise won an Oscar?
No, Cruise has never won an Oscar.
He was nominated for Best Actor for Born on the Fourth of July and Jerry Maguire. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Magnolia. Most recently, he received a Best Picture nomination for producing and starring in the 2022 action movie Top Gun: Maverick.
