Tom Cruise Looking at Three Possible Pics
Source: Variety
October 24, 2006
Variety reports that Tom Cruise is looking at three films for his next project: two from major studios (Warner Bros. Pictures and 20th Century Fox), and one that's being mobilized independently.
The indie appears to be the favorite: Lions for Lambs, a political drama revolving around a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Written by Matthew Carnahan (State of Play), the project is shaping up with Robert Redford likely to direct as well as play a role.
Cruise is being courted to play a congressman and Meryl Streep for a role as a journalist.
Cruise is also eyeing The Ha-Ha, a Chuck Leavitt-scripted adaptation of a Dave King novel at Warner Bros. The actor would play a Gulf War vet rendered mute by his injuries who's charged with the care of a 9-year-old whose mother goes AWOL.
The actor's also been talking to helmer Spike Lee about Selling Time, a Fox drama about a man who sells back chunks of time in his life for a chance to relive and change the worst day of his life. Lee has met with Cruise several times and is working on a rewrite of a script by Dan McDermott.