Tag Archives: The Last Samurai

Rumor Killer! Tom Cruise NOT Starring in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit

Time to kill the rumors: Tom Cruise is not starring in Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit.’ Tom Cruise stopped over in New Zealand to visit directors Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro, both of who are working on ‘The Hobbit’ (Jackson is producing, Del Toro is directing). Tom was on his way to Melbourne to see his wife Katie Holmes, who …

Students Remember Hollywood Fiction, Not Historical Fact

Show of hands: how many of you believe that Tom Cruise’s character, Captain Nathan Algren, from the movie ‘The Last Samurai,’ is based on a real historical figure? Wrong! Capt. Nathan Algren and the story of ‘The Last Samurai’ is based on a series of historical events that took place in Japan from the mid-1860s to 1870s. During this time …

Tom Cruise Photos: Director Edward Zwick

Tomcruise.com has added new, exclusive black-and-white photos that show Tom Cruise with the filmmakers he has worked with over his two decades in the movie business. Today, we focus on ‘The Last Samurai,’ and its director Edward Zwick. Zwick graduated from the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles before working as a journalist for the magazine “Rolling Stone.” By 1976, he …