On Saturday, Tom Cruise formally introduced that Days of Thunder 2, a sequel to the favored 1990 NASCAR movie, will launch on June 2, 2026. Anne Hathaway will star alongside Cruise within the upcoming racing movie.
At Daytona Worldwide Speedway on Saturday, Cruise was in attendance, and addressed the total discipline of drivers concerning the upcoming movie.
“I’m so excited to be again right here,” stated Cruise. “Final time I used to be at this observe, truly, I used to be on the backstraight, and I used to be capturing with two very heavy cameras touring — I do not know — 180mph, and all of a sudden, the hood was off the automotive and there have been two heavy cameras, and I am on the backstraight, the solar is setting, and I am attempting to get all my traces out earlier than we misplaced the sunshine, and all of a sudden the entire automotive was in flames. It turned from a barbecue to a bonfire on the backstraight.
“Could not even get the crew to come back in and assist me, however simply because the radio did not work within the backstraight, and I hear that that is nonetheless potential, proper? (crowd laughs) You guys did not repair that. Properly, that is good, all proper. Hear, it is an actual honor for me to be right here. It was an actual honor for me. I used to take vehicles within the again streets of Kentucky racing after I was slightly child. Now, after I introduced Days of Thunder to Jerry Bruckheimer (producer) within the Nineteen Eighties, it isn’t nearly racing. It is concerning the neighborhood and the individuals right here. There’s one thing very particular about racers and the racing neighborhood.
Tom Cruise at NASCAR driver’s assembly
Photograph by: Chris Graythen – Getty Photographs
“It is a tradition, and I feel that I used to be very proud to have the ability to replicate that within the first Days of Thunder, and I am honored to share it with the world, however I simply needed you all to know that is principally what we’re gonna go for with this one. Give the viewers that chance to grasp what it’s as a group, as a neighborhood, what it’s for NASCAR — the pace, the thrill, and all of that hazard and stuff. After all, I adore it.Â
“In any case, actual pleasure, and thanks for the very welcome. We’re right here, we’re simply gonna do the most effective we are able to, and I actually respect you all, and thanks for welcoming me.”
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