Tom Cruise Backs Paramount’s 30-Movies-A-Year Promise In WBD Merger: “I Think It’s Awesome”

Scores of Hollywood’s A-lister and D-listers might oppose Paramount’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery, but not Tom Cruise. “I think it’s awesome.” That’s what the Mission: Impossible and Top Gun veteran told Pat McAfee of the ParaBros merger and David Ellison’s promise of 30 movies a year on the jock’s t

The actor was interviewed Tuesday on Pat McAfee's show to talk about his 'Days of Thunder' sequel.

Tom Cruise is confident David Ellison will deliver on his promise of 30 films a year from a combined Paramount and Warner Bros. “I think it’s awesome,” Cruise told “The Pat McAfee Show.” “You know, here’s the thing. They’re going to deliver 30 movies. It’s a community to me. It’s not an industry. The people…

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