Tom Cruise in talks for Days of Thunder remake

Tom Cruise is in talks for a 'Days of Thunder' remake.

The 62-year-old actor has been speaking to executives at Paramount about a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR racing film 'Days of Thunder', which he co-starred in with former wife Nicole Kidman.

A source told The Hollywood Reporter: "He’s talking [to Paramount] about 'Top Gun' and 'Days of Thunder'. It’s going to be what comes together first in terms of a script. It depends on the idea and, ultimately, the script."

According to THR, Cruise - who played USAC racer Cole Trickle with Kidman as his neurosurgeon love interest in the movie - has script approval on all of his projects.

The idea for the reboot comes amid a spate of racing car movies in recent years, including James Mangold’s 'Ford v Ferrari' in 2019, Michael Mann’s 'Ferrari' in 2023 and the upcoming 'F1' starring Brad Pitt, from 'Top Gun: Maverick' director Joseph Kosinski.

The insider added: "I don’t think a ['Days of Thunder' sequel] is a terrible idea. You might have said that revisiting 'Top Gun' was a terrible idea. I wouldn’t discount it."

The original 'Days of Thunder' was a Paramount film produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Tony Scott and although it failed to impress at the box office, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is a huge fan.

Back in 2013, he told f1socialdiary.wordpress.com: "Hands down my favorite is 'Days of Thunder'. Yeah, yeah, you laugh but seriously I’m a big fan. To me 'Days of Thunder' is the movie Grand Prix and Le Mans should have been. Sure, it had a big budget, big stars and a big director in Tony Scott, but it had the fun of those early AIP movies. I just don’t think it works if you take the whole thing too seriously."