Earlier this month, John posted about Tom Cruise getting his production contract cut back from $10million a year to the studio is offering Cruise and Wagner in the neighborhood of “$2 million plus a $500,000 discretionary fund each year for two years. Well now it looks like the contract that officially expired at the end of July and has been in negotiations for nearly a month has resulted in Paramount choosing NOT to offer him anything at all.
I have to say I wasn’t surprised by this, as Cruise’s behaviour has been sketchy at best, and it was really hurting his reputation. Don’t get me wrong, I think Cruise is a fine actor, and I really enjoy his stuff. I just dont enyoy him as a person.
Cinematical gives us this news
Well, It’s official: Paramount has ended a long-standing production deal with Tom Cruise. The 14-year-long relationship included the release and box-office success of films like Mission: Impossible, Top Gun and Days of Thunder, but a memo released today cited Cruise’s recent public behavior as “unacceptable.”
I am sure with Tom’s star power, if he makes some serious effort to calm his public antics, keep his mouth shut, and make a solid commitment to not jump on Oprah, he might just recover his Production career.
Studios don’t want him, and the fans are tired of him. I think it would be a sad day to see the end of Tom Cruise movies, and I hardly think this is the end, but I do hope this is a HUGE wakeup call for Cruise.
