Warner Bros.’ Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy got a nice press release out of giving Tom Cruise an office on the lot. But beyond making their boss David Zaslav (and CAA) smile, what did Warners actually achieve in the deal?
The “strategic partnership” with Cruise is not exclusive, nor is it a first-look deal. He’s tied up on Paramount’s Mission: Impossible 8 for the rest of this year. And it hasn’t been reported yet, but Top Gun: Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger is now officially at work on a follow-up to the 2022 megahit that will reunite Cruise with co-stars Miles Teller and Glen Powell, as well as producers Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison, and Joe Kosinski will either direct or produce.
