Knight and Day

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53998

Source: Variety
March 26, 2009


James Mangold is attached to direct the untitled romantic comedy formerly known as Wichita and Trouble Man at 20th Century Fox, reports Variety. It's eyed as a potential pairing of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

Scott Frank is working on a rewrite.

Mangold's Tree Line Films partner Cathy Konrad joins as producer with Joe Roth, Steve Pink and Todd Garner.

The story revolves around a woman who has terrible luck with men but finds her path intertwined with that of a mysterious handsome man she meets on a blind date.

Cruise and Diaz appeared together in 2001's Vanilla Sky.

Nooooooo! run Tom! this is at Fox and a rom com, he has much better projects on the slate than this, even if I do like Mangold as a director and Cameron Diaz is always fun.

 

[scifiwolf]

Lol - I think I mentally blocked out the part that said "20th Century Fox." Has Tom ever done anything close to a romantic comedy? I guess Jerry Maguire had some elements of a rom com. I can't stand Cameron Diaz, though. Hopefully the "potential pairing" doesn't work out and another actress comes on board.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Lol - I think I mentally blocked out the part that said "20th Century Fox." Has Tom ever done anything close to a romantic comedy? I guess Jerry Maguire had some elements of a rom com. I can't stand Cameron Diaz, though. Hopefully the "potential pairing" doesn't work out and another actress comes on board.

She can stay on board, Tom needs to get off board like he had a firecracker up his jacksie.

 

[Eggyman]

She can stay on board, Tom needs to get off board like he had a firecracker up his jacksie.

Heh. No firecrackers up there for Tom, he might start jumping on couches again

That's actually given me a good idea for a film...

Tom Cruise as Guy Forks, an American secret agent with a boffy hair-do, sent to London to blow sh** up using the latest technology - matches and fireworks.​

Even History Isn't Safe.​

​

dundundun dun dun dun dun.

 

[Dark Donnie]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53998


Nooooooo! run Tom! this is at Fox and a rom com, he has much better projects on the slate than this, even if I do like Mangold as a director and Cameron Diaz is always fun.

Agreed....sounds like a bad idea, especially with the other projects he has been in talks about.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53998


Nooooooo! run Tom! this is at Fox and a rom com, he has much better projects on the slate than this, even if I do like Mangold as a director and Cameron Diaz is always fun.

I'm surprised a director of Mangold's caliber would do a rom com for Fox.

 

[Gold Samurai]

this could be as bad as when Russell Crowe did a romantic comedy directed by Ridley Scott

 

[Hunter Rider]

Cruise joins Diaz in 'Wichita'

 

[Octoberist]

I guess that's good. Right? Right?

 

[Dark Donnie]

Cruise joins Diaz in 'Wichita'

While it's not a project either of us wanted (mainly Motorcade), the upside is it is James Mangold so it could work out.

The article does say it came down to this and Motorcade, kinda surprised he went with this.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Maybe he wants to try his hand at comedy again after his role in Tropic Thunder.

 

[Nina7]

I'm not surprised Cruise is choosing to do this film over the more actiony stuff he was considering. He lost a lot of female fans over his stupid post-partum depression comments. My mother,who is the sweetest woman in the world, hates him. He's trying to get his female fanbase back. Yeah, good luck.

 

[Hunter Rider]

While it's not a project either of us wanted (mainly Motorcade), the upside is it is James Mangold so it could work out.

The article does say it came down to this and Motorcade, kinda surprised he went with this.

It's at Fox though man, I smell total disaster.

 

[Dark Donnie]

It's at Fox though man, I smell total disaster.

Fox scares me, but you know Cruise will have some control(I would think at least).

 

[Hunter Rider]

Fox scares me, but you know Cruise will have some control(I would think at least).

Well he was in Minority Report for them which turned out great, so we can only hope lol.

 

[Eggyman]

Fox has become a shadow of its former self since the days of Minority Report though...

 

[Hunter Rider]

Even back then though Eggy they were butchering Daredevil.

 

[Eggyman]

Don't I know it.

They've just become more consistant since lol.

 

[dark_b]

i guess FOX had balls to control Scott. but they didnt have to push Spielberg and Cruise.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Don't I know it.

They've just become more consistant since lol.

Haha! that is true, I just wonder if Cruise would sign on to a controlled project when he had other options. I guess one thing is that at least it's not a reboot, remake or sequel.

 

[Dr. Evil]

At least it's not the rumored "Mission Impossible IV"

 

[dark_b]

good one hunter
http://thinkmcflythink.squarespace....8/tom-cruise-commits-career-suicideagain.html

could this happen because of hes girl? maybe he wants to make a movie for her?

 

[Dr. Evil]

good one hunter
http://thinkmcflythink.squarespace....8/tom-cruise-commits-career-suicideagain.html

could this happen because of hes girl? maybe he wants to make a movie for her?

That makes sense. He probably made Tropic Thunder for his two older kids.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Maggie Grace Cast in Wichita

 

[Hunter Rider]

Maggie Grace Cast in Wichita

I just read the plot synopsis at that link.

“a lonely woman whose seemingly harmless blind date suddenly turns her life upside-down when a super spy (Cruise) takes her on a violent worldwide journey to protect a powerful battery that holds the key to an infinite power source.”