Do you like Tom Cruise? Warner Bros. just gave him a blank check to do this

Tom Cruise, protagonist of movies like Top Gun, The Last Samurai and the Mission: Impossible saga, will occupy an office at Warner Bros Discovery in Burbank (California), just like stars like Clint Eastwood and Frank Sinatra.

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The eternal action star has signed a new agreement to develop and produce films with Warner Bros. Discovery. These films will be a mix of original productions and franchises, and will be starring Cruise, according to the company in a statement promoting the agreement.

As part of what is considered a new “strategic partnership,” Cruise and his production company will have offices at Warner Bros. Discovery facilities in Burbank.

What does this agreement mean for Warner Bros.

It’s a power move for Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, who took on the roles of co-presidents and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group in 2022, and who have been working to revitalize the studio, as well as for David Zaslav, the man who hired them.

The agreement with Cruise, who has projects in rival studios like Universal and Paramount, is not exclusive nor is it a traditional pact. The actor can make movies in other companies, but the hope is that he will be able to generate the kind of globally appealing blockbusters that could generate sequels and improve Warner Bros.’ results.

Cruise has worked at Warner Bros. in the past, but it has been a decade since he last appeared in “Edge of Tomorrow,” from the studio. He has also appeared in Warner Bros. releases such as Magnolia, Rock of Ages, Interview with the Vampire, and Eyes Wide Shut, a challenging shoot in which Cruise gave up over a year of his career for the opportunity to be directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Warner Bros. also gave Cruise his breakthrough role in Risky Business, the teenage sex comedy in which the star danced to the beat of Bob Seger in his underwear.

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The upcoming Cruise movies include the eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise for Paramount, as well as an upcoming action film for Universal from “Edge of Tomorrow” director Doug Liman, in which the actor will become “the first civilian to perform a spacewalk” outside the International Space Station.

Recently he appeared in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which was a box office disappointment, as well as in Top Gun: Maverick, in 2022, which was the biggest success of his career.