New R-Rated Tom Cruise Movie Officially Gets a Major Update [Exclusive]
Screenwriter Erik Jendresen has confirmed that the script for Tom Cruise's long-mooted R-rated film with director Christopher McQuarrie, nicknamed "The Gnarly Movie", has now been completed. The update, shared exclusively with Collider at the Televerse festival, marks the first concrete progress on a project that has intrigued fans since it was first mentioned in 2023, offering a potential change of pace for Cruise away from his usual big-budget action fare.
Jendresen told Collider that "the script is finished, and it's sitting there," describing it as groundwork now laid before Cruise, though he stressed there was no further update to share yet. The project was first revealed by McQuarrie in a 2023 Empire interview during Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning promotion, when he described it only as "that movie that they're all asking for, and that we want to do." No plot details, cast beyond Cruise, or release timeline have been disclosed.
- Script for Tom Cruise's R-rated "Gnarly Movie" is now complete.
- Writer Erik Jendresen confirmed the update at the Televerse festival.
- Project details and release timing remain unannounced.
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Tom Cruise is an actor best known for big-budget action films, including the Mission: Impossible series. Christopher McQuarrie, who has directed several of those films, is working with him on a separate project informally known as “The Gnarly Movie”.
The film has drawn attention since McQuarrie first mentioned it in 2023, but little is publicly known about its story or intended release. Screenwriter Erik Jendresen is also involved; he has written for film and television, including the miniseries Band of Brothers.
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