Tom Cruise Starts a 'Food Fight'
Filed under: Comedy, Casting, Deals, Fandom, Newsstand, Tom Cruise
You know how they say the way to a man's heart is through food? Well, when you're an actor who's fallen from grace, then the way back into the hearts of your audience is through comedy. AND ... if you really want to go berserk, you choose a film that combines food and comedy! Wham! Welcome back to Hollywood Mr. Tom Cruise. Yup, The Hollywood Reporter tells us Cruise is enjoying all the buzz surrounding his scene-stealing cameo in Tropic Thunder and is now "loosely attached" (ie: the Oscar wind can blow and knock him right off) to the comedy Food Fight.Should he remain this film's star, Cruise would play a snooty New York chef who, for some odd reason, is forced to cook in a school cafeteria. Steven Brill was originally in talks to direct the film, but they've since gone on to other candidates (one imagines Cruise wasn't too keen on working with the dude behind Without a Paddle and Drillbit Taylor). As of now, Adam Brooks (Definitely, Maybe) is attached to pen the script. Food Fight is just one of several projects Cruise is "loosely attached" to, as the world is still waiting to see what the man takes on following his stint as an eye patch-wearing Hitler assassin in Bryan Singer's upcoming Valkyrie.
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8-12-2008 @ 6:50PM
carg0 said...
you guys left out the "retire" option...
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8-13-2008 @ 3:45AM
v said...
I'm having trouble finding the option to choose "Do nothing".
8-13-2008 @ 12:55PM
pete thomson said...
Whilst 'Give Up!' isn't an option-why not? Drama is. It's not difficult to argue that if TC spent less time worrying about his commercial bankability and more time about his acting credibility he may have the creative guts to return to an acting role that really streatched him like in MAGNOLIA. Whilst Im sure hes a nice guy an despite the weight and hairline he's still fairly hot, he just doesnt cut it as an action star anymore- too much whacky baggage! A character role in an intelligent mature script , if Hollywood can russle up such a thing could result in renewed interest in something other than his 'odd' private life and secure his reputation as something other than a faded All American Pretty Boy!!!
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