‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Enthusiast Steven Spielberg: ‘You Saved Hollywood’s Ass’

It used to be that Hollywood stars were stars not only because of their fame but also because of their marked loyalty to one of the big studios. and such a summoning power that viewers responded simply to the mention of his name. “I’m Coming to See the Latest of Tom Cruise”. In fact, this actor fits neatly into that category, already so empty that the aforementioned performer could be said to be the last major star in that nearly extinct industry. Now the film world lives in a streaming frenzy, and the vast majority of filmmakers have jumped overboard: simultaneous releases, ever more fleeting tours of cinemas, and little faith in the traditional cinematic experience. The exception? Tom Cruise and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.

This was confirmed by Joseph Kosinski himself, director of the film it was Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer those who prevented the sequel to ‘Top Gun. Idols of the air’ shared a fate with those productions which, hit by the further uncertainty of the pandemic, had ended up turning their backs on cinemas. Cruise put his foot down in front of Paramount and the story ended with the happiest of endings: an achievement as impressive as it was surprising at the box office. Faced with such a feat, settle for ‘Maverick’ becoming the second highest grossing film of 2022Cruise’s colleagues reacted as did the audience: looking dazzled. This was proclaimed in chorus by all the North American media present at the candidates’ lunch organized by the North American Film Academy for the Oscars. Attendees actively sought out Cruise to say hello and have a few words with him. star among the stars.

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Guillermo del Toro said directly and audibly “I have to go say hello to Tom”; “I love you, I love you, mamma mia!”, exclaimed Ke Huy Quan asking for a selfie; Michelle Yeoh shared the laughs with him; Jamie Lee Curtis posed for a more than enthusiastic snapshot and Austin Butler was getting as subtle as he knew. According to Kyle Buchanan in the New York Times, Cruise “had the gravitational pull of the sun and in the hour of chat before lunch was served, he was harassed so much by his fellow candidates that he was barely able to move more than a few feet. I watched for a while as the ‘Elvis’ star made his way with slow, relentless determination towards Cruise, who finally drew the young man towards him with one hand digging into his shoulder like a stapler.”.

Did ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ get all the appeal? No, just cruising. Indeed Bruckheimerwho commented in statements to said publication that after more than five decades of action, a genre not so embraced by the hostess, it was her first time at the event, he watched the scene in the distance. “After 50 years in the industry, I’ve achieved it”he proclaimed. Even Cruise is not a regular at this meeting, perhaps for this reason the presence of him, because of that nomination in the category of the best film for the production of “Top Gun 2″It was so magnetic. The bathroom of compliments, in fact, has not stopped rising until it reaches its pinnacle at the hands of three-time winner of the coveted statuette, Steven Spielberg.

Steven Spielberg tells Tom Cruise that “you saved Hollywood’s ass and you may have saved theatrical distribution. Seriously, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ could have saved the entire theater industry.” pic.twitter.com/nPWR5BqiUV

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* Steven Spielberg tells Tom Cruise that “you saved Hollywood’s ass and you may have saved theatrical distribution, seriously. “Maverick” may have saved the entire film industry”.

to the rescue of hollywood

In a video that has already gone viral, Steven Spielberg claims Tom Cruise did it “I Saved Hollywood’s Ass”, literally. Both filmmakers met just before lunch and exchanged a warm hug before some captured words from director Kartiki Gonsalves. According to Variety, Gonsalves, nominated in the Best Documentary Short category for “Our Baby Elephant,” originally posted to his Instagram the moment the beloved director responsible for “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “ET, l ‘alien ‘, ‘Schindler’s List’ and currently ‘The Fabelmans’, film for which he was nominated this year in the category of Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, crowned Cruise as the savior of Hollywood.

“You saved Hollywood’s ass and you may have saved theatrical distribution, seriously. “Maverick” may have saved the entire film industry”says Spielberg, acknowledging the credit that not only Cruise, but Bruckheimer and finally Paramount for allowing themselves to be convinced, opposed “Top Gun: Maverick”, betting on a traditional premiere that paid off. The veteran director highlights this distribution rescue as the most significant of the “Maverick” phenomenon.a film which, with its retention in theaters, good reviews and reception from the public, has achieved a real revival of the theatrical experience.