Tom’s new project Horizons (formely known as Oblivion) is on the look for it’s female lead, Variety (via Showblitz) reports. (I’d love to see Olivia Wilde get the part!). Joe Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) will be directing and the movie is set it for a July 19, 2013 release.

Here’s the article from Huffington Post:

Above all else, Tom Cruise is still a major movie star. And as such, being his film love interest is a major shot of exposure and star power, a boost A-list actresses openly seek as aggressively as they did during Cruise’s 80s and 90s heyday.

According to Variety, no fewer than five top actresses are vying to co-star with Cruise in “Horizons,” the re-titled big screen adaptation of Joseph Kosinski’s “Oblivion,” which has been retitled to “Horizons.” Cruise will play a “scavenger” court marshaled into serving as a lone soldier stuck on an uninhabitable Earth’s surface, fixing drones that protect the planet — and its sky-bound clone citizens, who live above the polluted clouds — from attacking aliens. A numbed being, when he finds a beautiful woman in a fallen ship, adventure and an awakening of a past life love ensue.

Amongst the names competing to play that beautiful woman in a fallen ship are Jessica Chastain, Olivia Wilde, and Brit Marling, three of the hottest commodities in Hollywood. Chastain has had an absolute breakout of a year in 2011, starring in “The Tree of Life,” “The Help,” and the upcoming films “The Debt,” “Take Shelter,” “Wilde Salome” and “Texas Killing Fields.”

Wilde has also had a big year, featuring in “Cowboys & Aliens,” “The Change-Up,” and set to feature in the upcoming “In Time.” She has a history with Kosinski, having co-starred in his “Tron: Legacy” in 2010.

As for Marling, she is perhaps the newest and hottest commodity; she wrote and starred in the indie hit “Another Earth,” and in 2012 will star in “Arbitrage,” “The Company You Keep,” which she wrote and will feature in with Alexander Skarsgard, and “The Company You Keep,” with Shia LaBeouf.

This is the second big leading lady hunt for a Cruise flick this month; earlier, at least three actresses tried out for the actress lead in “One Shot,” another action adaptation, with the role eventually going to Rosamund Pike.

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As part of the Formula 1 return in the United States after a four-year absence, the producer and star of Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise, took a break from post-production work and accepted the invitation to test drive the Red Bull Racing Formula One car in Southern California on the 15th of August.

The former driver of the Red Bull Racing team and 13-time Grand Prix winner, David Coulthard, was Tom Cruise’s personal instructor for the day, along with a 12-person support crew.

During the seven-hour session, the superstar completed 24 laps and managed to improve his initial lap time by almost 11 seconds.

“Tom’s the real deal. I was surprised that he picked it up so quickly and is such an accomplished driver. His recall was incredible considering how complicated driving an F1 car is. He’s a guy who really pushes the envelope in real life. This day was not green screened. He thoroughly impressed me”, said David Coulthard according to redbullusa.com.

The North American Grand Prix will be held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, which is currently under construction, and Formula One will return to the over-seas in 2012.

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And to start on the screen captures, Added tons of Blu-Ray ones from Days of Thunder. Plus some promotional stills. Enjoy.

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Some rumours are going around that Tom Cruise will be working on Paper Wings, which is currently eyeing Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones) as director. It’s rumoured that Tom will be working on the script developement, and possibly starring. Here is the full story from Variety.com:

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Kirk, the “Game of Thrones” helmer who’s in talks to direct “Thor 2,” is also in negotiations to take the reins of Sony’s rodeo pic “Paper Wings,” which is being developed as a potential starring vehicle for Tom Cruise.

Overbrook Entertainment and Temple Hill Entertainment are teaming to produce the Les Bohem-scripted pic, which follows a rodeo champ who falls for an up-and-coming country singer.

Prior to Kirk’s attachment, there hadn’t been any movement on the long-gestating project since last summer, when Cruise, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith performed a table read at the Saddle Ranch Chop House in Hollywood.

While there are no actors officially attached, sources tell Variety that Cruise had a hand in selecting Kirk for the gig and will work with the helmer to develop the script.

Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing for Temple Hill, while Overbrook’s principals include Will Smith, James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith and Ken Stovitz, who is running point on the project.

Bohem and Bowen developed the romance story after meeting at the 2005 Nashville Screenwriters Conference. Charles Stone was previously attached to direct “Paper Wings” when it was set up at New Line back in 2006.

Kirk will make his studio debut with Marvel’s “Thor 2,” which Disney will release on July 26, 2013. Irish filmmaker has directed episodes of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” Showtime’s “Dexter” and BBC’s “Luther,” as well as episodes of HBO’s upcoming series “Luck” and BBC’s three-part adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel “Great Expectations.”

CAA reps Cruise and Kirk, who’s also repped by Independent Talent Group.

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Another still Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol has been released by MovieWeb.com

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Hey everyone! As you can see we have a brand new layout! Hope you like it!

Also, I’ve made Twitter and Facebook accounts for updates, so everything posted here, shows there! Come Follow and like

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Hello everyone! My name is Lilly, I’m a friend of Annie’s and I’ll be updating here! I’m working on a new layout and content. I’ve updated the Gallery’s layout. Here are some Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Stills. Have fun!

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Holiday schedule shuffle also sees Fox Searchlight’s “The Descendants” moved to a Thanksgiving-friendly date.

Let the holiday games begin.

Studios have begun tweaking their year-end schedules, led by Paramount pushing back the release of Tom Cruise starrer Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol by five days, from Dec. 16 to Dec. 21.

Overseas — where Cruise remains immensely popular — Ghost Protocol still opens in Asia, Russia and two-thirds of Europe, including France and Germany, on Dec. 16.

Hours after Paramount revealed the switch-up, Fox Searchlight said it will now open Alexander Payne’s George Clooney starrer The Descendants in a limited run on Nov. 23, instead of December 16.

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Summary: The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.

Directed by Brad Bird, best-known for his work on films such as The Incredibles, the movie stars Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Josh Holloway and a large cast of other well-known actors.

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DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE: Rosamund Pike is negotiating for the female lead opposite Tom Cruise in One Shot, the Christopher McQuarrie-directed adaptation of the bestselling Lee Child novel series for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. Pike was among a small group of actresses vying for the role. The British actress played Andromeda in Clash of the Titans 2, and she recently wrapped the David Frankel-directed The Big Year opposite Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin, and the Rowan Atkinson comedy Johnny English Reborn.

Cruise is playing Jack Reacher, the retired military policeman who wanders the country with only his passport, bankbook, toothbrush and the clothes on his back. He finds his way into scrapes, taking the side of the underdog. In One Shot, Reacher investigates a case in which a lone sniper murders five victims before being captured. Reacher discovers it’s more than a simple open-and-shut case.

Pike will play Helen Rodin, a local defense attorney defending the man arrested for the shootings. She works with Reacher to bring the true culprits to justice. Don Granger and Cruise will produce through Mutual Film Company and C/W Productions. Skydance’s David Ellison and Dana Goldberg are producing as is Gary Levinsohn and Paula Wagner, and Ken Kamins is exec producer. UTA reps Pike with Shelly Browning and UK-based Dallas Smith.

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