Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by greedo 1445 days ago
And Tom Cruise is 60.
2 comments

His latest movie was also filmed 3 years ago in large part due to how long CGI takes but also how long movies are edited. So not only do Actors age more between filming and release, but it also takes longer for a new actor to catch on.

Aka they film a movie when their 20, it’s a breakout hit when their 23, their next movie comes out when their 26.

It was filmed 3 years ago because the release was delayed due to the pandemic. They didn't want it to flop because people weren't going to the theaters.
It was finished filming almost a year before they started shutting down movie theaters for the pandemic and they didn’t release promotional materials back then.

So, that pushes the earliest summer release as 2 to 2.5 years after filming each scene assuming COVID actually delayed things.

They did release promo, the first trailer came out in 2019. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flURw76_UCU

You can see they had settled on June 2020 as the release date, but, you know what happened next. That release date was fully locked in until it became clear COVID wasn't going away.

There were other, earlier delays: the film was initially scheduled for 2019, but they spent most of that year doing reshoots.

Odd, I check for summer blockbusters it’s the in January or early February and it wasn’t on the 2020 list.

But it’s clearly on this list from dec 2019: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/2020-movies-to-see-14004...

And he has his own P-51.
That bugged me. No way could someone on a Captain's salary (or even what he was being paid as a test pilot if on reserve status) afford one.
Who said he bought it?

Implying gift/inheritance not theft. If I was a grandpa and had one in my shed, I'd probably give it to my grandkid that happens to be a top gun pilot/instructor.

$4-5 million dollar gift.
Can't take it with you. People that have these kinds of things for decades, it's usually not about the money
His love interest drives a classic Porsche 911 and owns a huge bar in San Diego.
especially not after paying off his own private airfield.