‘It's gonna happen': Tom Cruise set to revive a ‘really exciting' 90s blockbuster following success of Top Gun: Maverick
It comes off the back of Top Gun: Maverick's worldwide success, with the film raking in almost $1.5 billion at the box office to make it
the second highest-grossing film of 2022.
Now, Cruise has his sight set on a sequel to Days of Thunder, more than three decades after the film first released in 1990.
The co-producer of the F1 movie, Jerry Bruckheimer, confirmed an 'exciting' sequel was in the works.
'Well, there's always new technologies, there's always new ways to do things and to see things,' he told Entertainment Tonight.
'Tom is such a great individual – comes up with phenomenal ideas.'
'So, we'll have something really exciting for an audience once we pull it together.'
Cruise first teased a sequel in an appearance on Today, when asked whether a third Top Gun could be in the works.
'All of these things we're working on,' he said.
'We're discussing Days of Thunder and Top Gun: Maverick. There are numerous other films that we're actively working on right now.'
Hendrick Motorsports chairman and former NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon said he's 'all for' a Days of Thunder sequel.
'Let's do Days of Thunder 2, I am all for that,' he said.
'Tom Cruise has told me it's gonna happen, so let's make it happen.'
The original 1990 film was a hit worldwide, earning $150 million at the box office and costing $60 million to make.
Gordon said Days of Thunder's success greatly contributed to the growing popularity of NASCAR in the 90s, and hopes a sequel will do the same.
'When I came into NASCAR, Days of Thunder had just come out. It played a huge role in the growth of NASCAR,' he said.
'So let's bring it back.'
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