Anne Hathaway Joins Tom Cruise In ‘Days Of Thunder 2’ At Paramount

Paramount Pictures is really revving its engines on the upcoming Days of Thunder 2 starring Tom Cruise as Anne Hathaway is set to join Cruise in the sequel. Cruise announced the news on his social platforms featuring a picture of the two A-listers leaning against a Nascar race car in Daytona. The picture also announced that the film would be released June 2, 2028. The movie will be filmed for iMax and also available in Dolby cinemas, 4DX and premium large formats.

Hathaway’s addition comes after Paramount tapped Jonathan Levine to direct the pic hence fast-tracking the pic as Cruise’s next project. Cruise returns as Nascar driver Cole Trickle, reprising the role from his 1990 hit racing pic. While plot details are unknown, Hathaway is expected to play a team owner and engineer in the upcoming follow-up to the 1990 film. 

Cruise is also producing alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Tommy Harper. Will Staples penned the script.

Days of Thunder, directed by the late Tony Scott, was released during the summer of 1990 and made $82.6M domestic, $157.9M worldwide. Curise played Cole Trickle in the Robert Towne written pic, a hot-headed rookie stock car driver who joins NASCAR and must overcome personal and professional challenges to achieve success. The film also saw him be introduced to Nicole Kidman, who became his wife of 11 years, and who went onto to star with him on Ron Howard’s Far and Away and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Cruise conceived the story for the movie which was produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Caroline Williams, and Michael Rooker also starred in the original movie.

As for Hathaway, she is coming off a massive summer that included The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey and The End of Oak Street. She can be seen next in Verity, which bows in October. She is repped by CAA and Entertainment 360.