{"id":817456,"date":"2026-07-22T22:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/817456\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:34:14","slug":"jonathan-levine-to-direct-days-of-thunder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/817456\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Levine To Direct &#8220;Days of Thunder 2&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jonathan-levine-to-direct-days-of-thunder-2.jpg\" data-caption=\"Paramount Pictures\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jonathan-levine-to-direct-days-of-thunder-2.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"jonathan-levine-to-direct-days-of-thunder-2\"\/><\/a>Paramount Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Levine (\u201cWarm Bodies,\u201d \u201c50\/50,\u201d \u201cLong Shot\u201d) is currently in negotiations to direct a sequel to the Tom Cruise-led 1990 NASCAR racing drama \u201cDays of Thunder\u201d at Paramount Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from the original \u201cTop Gun\u201d team of director Tony Scott and producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, the original film received mixed reviews upon release and made just $157 million globally from a production budget of $60 million.<\/p>\n<p>These days it\u2019s mostly remembered as the film Cruise and then future wife Nicole Kidman met on, along with Scott\u2019s robustly directed action and a solid Hans Zimmer\u2019s musical score.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise is on board to star in the follow-up and is producing with Bruckheimer.  The project, which has been rumoured for many years and started taking serious shape back in 2024, is looking to be Cruise\u2019s next film.<\/p>\n<p>Levine most recently directed the David Corenswet-led sports drama \u201cMr. Irrelevant,\u201d which has been scoring sky-high numbers during test screenings earlier this year.  Will Staples (\u201cWithout Remorse\u201d) is penning the script.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise will be seen later this year in Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu\u2019s new dark comedy \u201cDigger\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/jonathan-levine-direct-days-of-thunder-2-tom-cruise-1236653926\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">THR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/trailer-neons-backroads-horror-it-ends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer: Neon\u2019s Backroads Horror \u201cIt Ends\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/benicio-del-toro-leads-protective-custody-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benicio Del Toro Leads \u201cProtective Custody\u201d Series<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount Pictures Jonathan Levine (\u201cWarm Bodies,\u201d \u201c50\/50,\u201d \u201cLong Shot\u201d) is currently in negotiations to direct a sequel to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,344],"class_list":["post-817456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}