Tom Cruise played a blinder in Tropic Thunder as omnipotent movie mogul, Les Grossman and now he’s got his own movie. And it’s been confirmed by Paramount. The movie is being produced by Cruise and Ben Stiller and the screenplay is by Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim Vs The World). And the statements make for light reading too. This one from Ben Stiller!
Stiller released this statement today: “Les Grossman’s life story is an inspiring tale of the human class struggle to achieve greatness against all odds. He has assured me he plans to quote ‘F**king kill the sh*t out of this movie and make Citizen f**king Kane look like a piece of crap home movie by the time we are done.’ Adam Goodman, Paramount Film Group President said “I am honoured to be working with him. Everything I learned in this business, I’ve learned from Les. I started out as his assistant, and from the first day he threw his desk at me when I got his lunch order wrong, I have loved him like a father.”
A statement from the great mogul was also released “To quote my great friend Kirk Lazarus, `I don’t read the script, the script reads me.”
I’m a big fan of Cruise and a flick like this will surely give him great scope to do something very different. Who knows what the story line will be, but as long as there’s a continuous stream of fucks and hairy arms, I’m not too pushed!
