Steven Spielberg apparently credits Tom Cruise with Red Hollywood in theatrical release Top Gun: Maverick.
The Fables The director met Cruise at the Oscar nominees’ luncheon, and their meeting was captured in a video that has now gone viral. Spielberg congratulated Cruise for reaching the “milestone” of bringing audiences back to theaters last year.
“You saved Hollywood’s ass,” Spielberg can be heard saying in the video, which was first shared by Oscar-nominated Kartiki Gonsalves, director of the documentary short. The Elephant Whisperers. “And maybe you saved theatrical distribution. Serious. “Maverick” might have saved the entire theater industry.”
Top Gun: Maverickdirected by Joseph Kosinski, was released in May 2022 and grossed over US$1.48 billion worldwide.
In a separate interview, Spielberg says he doesn’t regret turning down the offer to direct Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stonethe film that launched the entire franchise.
“There were several films I didn’t want to do,” Spielberg said of “RRR” director SS Rajamouli during an interview in India (via Insider). “They offered me ‘Harry Potter’ and I decided to turn down the first ‘Harry Potter’ to spend the next year and a half with my family and growing children.”
Spielberg continued, “So I sacrificed a great franchise — which I look back on today and am very happy with — to be with my family.”
Chris Columbus finally directed the first adaptation of JK Rowling’s book series, which appeared in 2001. Columbus also directed the sequel Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets which was published the following year.
Source: Deadline
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