LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) – Tom Cruise will display screen his hotly anticipated “High Gun” sequel on the Cannes Movie Pageant in Could, the place an occasion may even look again on his Hollywood profession, organisers mentioned on Friday.
Thirty-six years since Cruise’s cocky pilot Maverick soared into the sky, “High Gun: Maverick”, which sees the actor reprise the function that launched his profession as a world motion star, will start its world cinema roll-out from Could 25 after a number of pandemic-related delays.
Cruise, 59, was final on the Cannes pageant, an annual glitzy business occasion on the French Riviera, for his 1992 film “Far and Away”.
“Precisely thirty years later, on Could 18, 2022, the Pageant de Cannes pays him an distinctive tribute for his lifetime achievements,” organisers mentioned in an announcement.
“On that big day, Tom Cruise may have an on-stage dialog with journalist Didier Allouch within the afternoon and can stroll up the steps of the Palais des Festivals for the night screening of ‘High Gun: Maverick’.”
This 12 months’s Cannes Movie Pageant, its seventy fifth version, will run from Could 17-28.
Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Enhancing by Alison Williams
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