Tom Cruise on course for an Oscar? The “Top Gun” star is said to be in front of the camera for the makers of “Birdman” and “The Revenant”

While for Tom Cruise mega projects such as ‘Mission: Impossible 8’, ‘Top Gun 3’, ‘Edge Of Tomorrow 2’ and possibly even the new and final film of the legendary director Quentin Tarantino are on the to-do list in the In the coming years, the actor has now found his first film, which will result from the newly concluded collaboration with Warner Bros. So Tom Cruise should be a director Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu in front of the camera and directed his first English-language film for the studio in nine years.

How According to reports, Cruise will not only star in the lead role, but will also serve as producer of the film alongside Iñárritu. The project is therefore fully consistent with what Warner Bros. had hoped from the newly struck deal with Cruise, which is intended to push upcoming projects not only in front of but also behind the camera.

Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu has already completed the script

Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director in 2015 for his one-shot wonder ‘Birdman’ and also earned lead actor Michael Keaton a nomination. In 2016, Leonardo DiCaprio was finally able to take home the coveted Golden Boy Award for Best Actor for his film “The Revenant”.

The director is said to have completed the script of the film last year. He received support from Mexican writer Sabina Berman and his ‘Birdman’ co-authors Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolás Giacobone, with whom he also won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Information about the film’s story is currently being kept top secret. We will also have to wait a while until it becomes clear when we can expect the film on the big screen.