Monthly Archives: September 2009

New! Tropic Thunder Added to Tom Cruise Filmography

Guess what, folks? We’ve added a new page to Tomcruise.com! ‘Tropic Thunder‘ has just been added to the Tom Cruise filmography section, where you can view movie trailers, film summaries, and pictures for all of Tom’s movies. There’s some other cool stuff we added recently to the site too, like black-and-white photos of the various filmmakers Tom has worked with …

Paul Dano Joins Cast of New Tom Cruise Movie

Casting news on the new Tom Cruise movie with Cameron Diaz! Actor Paul Dano will be joining the 20th Century Fox action comedy, according to Variety. The film is about a federal agent, played by Tom Cruise, and an unlucky-in-love woman (Diaz) who end up on a whirlwind journey to protect an infinite power source. Dano will play a “charming …

New Tom Cruise Film Scenes from Bridgewater: A Plane Crash?

Update on the latest Tom Cruise movie with Cameron Diaz, currently filming in Massachusetts: In Bridgewater, Mass., a fake plane crash was staged in a cornfield as a set for the new action comedy from 20th Century Fox and directed by James Mangold. Portions of a Boeing 727 jet were set up, according to local news channel WBZ. But the …

Valkyrie Director Involved in New NBC Comedy

‘Valkyrie‘ director Bryan Singer is teaming up with Bryan Fuller and NBC to help direct “SelleVision,” a new one-hour comedy that takes place “behind-the-scenes of a home shopping cable channel,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The TV show, which Fuller is writing, is based on a novel by Augusten Burroughs. Singer is a fan of the book, and approached Burroughs …

Valkyrie, WWII Movies Draw Tourists to Hitler’s Bunker

In the movie ‘Valkyrie,’ Tom Cruise played Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, the high-ranking German officer in charge of the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II, he carried out his plan to place a briefcase containing a bomb to the Wolfsschanze (auf Englisch, the Wolf’s Lair). The attempt failed when another officer moved the briefcase so …

Summer Sci-Fi Movies: Minority Report or District 9?

The unprecedented success of the sci-fi thriller ‘District 9,’ produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Neill Blomkamp, brought about this really interesting comparison from AMC TV between the film and another science fiction movie, ‘Minority Report,’ starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg. There are some obvious differences — ‘Minority Report’ takes place in a futuristic Washington, D.C., …

Tom Cruise Video: Vanilla Sky

Sofia: Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around. ‘Vanilla Sky,’ starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz, is a remake of the Spanish film ‘Abre Los Ojos.’ The Cameron Crowe-directed film stars Cruise as David Aames, a wealthy playboy who falls in love with a girl, Sofia, that he meets at his birthday party (played …

Tom Cruise News: Filming James Mangold Movie Scenes in Bridgewater, MA

More news on filming locations for Tom Cruise’s latest movie, the upcoming film with Cameron Diaz from 20th Century Fox that’s being referred to as the untitled James Mangold project: According to hyper-local news site Wicked Local, Cruise and Diaz will be shooting scenes next month in a cornfield in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Filming will take place on the privately owned …

Tom Cruise Photos: Sydney Pollack

At Tomcruise.com, new, exclusive black-and-white pictures of Tom Cruise and the filmmakers he’s worked with in Hollywood were added to the photo gallery. Today, we take a look at the man who directed ‘The Firm,’ the late artistic visionary Sydney Pollack. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Sydney Pollack moved to New York after high school in the mid-1950s to study acting …

Worcester Airport Used in New Tom Cruise Film

Worcester, Massachusetts, has been chosen as a filming location for Tom Cruise’s upcoming movie from 20th Century Fox, currently referred to as the untitled James Mangold project. The Worcester Regional Airport terminal is being transformed into a movie set where Tom and co-star Cameron Diaz will be filming scenes. Why Worcester? Worcester is the new Hollywood: Bruce Willis filmed some …