After his appearing at the MTV Movie Awards last weekend it's been confirmed that Tom Cruise will produce and star in a film based on his Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman.
As co-producer, Ben Stiller released a statement today on behalf of Paramount Pictures:
“Les Grossman's life story is an inspiring tale of the human class struggle to achieve greatness against all odds.”
“He has assured me he plans to, quote, ‘F**king kill the sh*t out of this movie and make Citizen f**king Kane look like a piece of crap home movie by the time we are done.' I am honoured to be working with him,” Stiller said.
Paramount President Adam Goodman added:
“Everything I learned in this business, I've learned from Les. I started out as his assistant and from the first day he threw his desk at me when I got his lunch order wrong, I have loved him like a father.”
When asked about the screenplay, Les Grossman had to say: “To quote my great friend Kirk Lazarus, ‘I don't read the script, the script reads me.'”
This was an interesting official press release indeed.
So, for now, we know that Tom Cruise will star again as Les Grossman in his own movie written by Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrm vs The World).
We expect more details soon, so stay tuned.
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YES Tom, this movie needs to happen. Thankyou!