EXCLUSIVE: In what would mark Alejandro Iñárritu first English-language pic since his smash hit The Revenant, sources tell Deadline Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment are in negotiations for an Untitled Alejandro G. Iñárritu film starring Tom Cruise.
The film is produced and directed by Iñárritu with a new script he co-wrote in 2023 with Sabina Berman as well as Alexander Dinelaris, and Nicolas Giacobone, his co-writers on Birdman, reuniting a decade later.This also marks the first film for Cruise (who will also produce) following the announcement of the strategic partnership with Warner Bros last month. It’s expected Legendary will also produce.
This project is being as treated as top secret as it gets with no plot details available at this time other then it being a new original story written by Iñárritu. What is known is that in recent weeks the Oscar-winning director has been taking meetings with a select few actors with Cruise being one of first. The A-list movie star has been hungry to finding that next project and moved quickly to get a meeting with Iñárritu once he was made aware the director was moving forward with his next big studio film and once the meeting finished, Cruise was on board.
Tom was serious when he said he wanted to get back to working in more auteur-driven projects.