Tom Cruise sealed his reputation for performing his own dangerous stunts as
"
Mission Impossible" footage of him riding a motorbike off a
treacherous cliff stunned movie theater bosses at their annual convention
Thursday.
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Paramount used its slot at the CinemaCon trade show in Las Vegas to air
footage from its upcoming features "Mission: Impossible 7" and
"Top Gun: Maverick," with the two films' star Cruise appearing
remotely via video.
"This is far and away the most dangerous thing we've ever
attempted," said Cruise, introducing the stunt.
"We've been working on this for years. We're going to shoot it in
Norway and it will be a motorcycle jump off a cliff into a base jump."
"I've wanted to do this since I was a little kid."
Behind-the-scenes footage showed Cruise preparing by performing more than
500 skydives and 13,000 motocross jumps before traveling to an elaborate ramp
constructed on a remote Norwegian cliff to shoot the stunt itself.
The film's director, Christopher McQuarrie, nervously watched through his
hands as Cruise successfully opened his parachute and landed safely before
proclaiming: "I think I can hold onto the bike a little longer."
59-year-old Cruise, one of Hollywood's biggest stars for the past several
decades, famously performs many of his own stunts, breaking his ankle during
one hair-raising leap for the previous installment "Mission: Impossible --
Fallout."
He was also center stage in footage from the long-awaited sequel to 1986
smash hit "Top Gun."
Attendees were shown the film's opening 13 minutes, in which Cruise's
Maverick tests out a futuristic and experimental supersonic jet in defiance of
his US Navy admiral, who wants to shut down the secretive program and replace
it with unmanned drones.
A new trailer for the film showed Cruise teaching a new generation of
fighter pilots.
- Lost theaters -
The annual CinemaCon trade show typically features top Hollywood stars as
well as never-before-seen footage, although A-listers have largely stayed away
from this week's event due to
Covid-19 concerns.
Executives from studios and theater chains have tried to draw a line under a
difficult year with an upbeat message about the future of the big screen, also drawing
on pre-recorded video messages from their stars.
"Yes, we've all gone through a very strange, tough year," said
Matthew McConaughey, noting that "few businesses felt the pandemic hit as
hard" as movie theaters.
"Sadly we did lose some of the theaters along the way, but most of you
found ways to power through and are now back in business," he told
attendees during Universal Pictures' presentation, which included his
forthcoming musical sequel "Sing 2."
Universal also unveiled footage from next year's "Jurassic World:
Dominion," which sees stars of recent installments such as Chris Pratt
team up with original "Jurassic Park" alumni Jeff Goldblum, Laura
Dern and Sam Neill to fend off the dinosaurs.
The studio showed off Jennifer Lopez rom-com "Marry Me;" the
latest heist thriller from Michael Bay, "Ambulance;" and a terrifying
new horror flick from Blumhouse starring Ethan Hawke as a sadistic magician,
called "The Black Phone."
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