DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Tom Cruise will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle in a follow-up to “Days of Thunder.”
Cruise made the announcement from Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, hours before NASCAR’s regular-season finale. Anne Hathaway will co-star as a team owner and engineer in the film scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 2, 2028.
Cruise will serve as a producer alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Tommy Harper. Jonathan Levine is set to direct the script written by Will Staples.
The Hollywood Reporter reported in November 2024 that Cruise had talked to Paramount about a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR racing film. The original was a critically panned summer blockbuster that was largely lampooned throughout the NASCAR industry for its exaggeration and overindulgence….
