Hollywood star Tom Cruise has spoken about Barbenheimmer, the much-hyped theatrical clash between Christopher Nolan‘s period film Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, on July 21. Interestingly, Cruise’s own film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, will release in cinemas nine days earlier, on July 12. (Also Read: Mission: Impossible 7 stuns fans with jaw-dropping motorcycle cliff jump by Tom Cruise)
Tom Cruise on Barbenheimer
Tom took to Instagram on Wednesday to lend support to the upcoming “double feature” of Oppenheimer and Barbie on July 21. He posed with Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie in front of the posters of both the films with tickets in hand. He wrote in the caption, “I love a double feature, and it doesn’t get more explosive (or more pink) than one with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.”
Not just Barbie and Oppenheimer
In the same Instagram post, Tom also sent a shoutout to the new release, Harrison Ford-starrer Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. He wrote, “Congratulations, Harrison Ford, on 40 years of Indiana Jones and creating one of the most iconic characters in cinema history. You have given us countless hours of joy,” with a picture of him and McQuarrie posing with tickets in front of a poster of the movie.
On supporting the theatrical experience
At the recent world premiere of his action thriller Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in Rome, Tom said, “My goal as a child was to make movies and travel the world. And not just be a tourist, but to work and live there, and understand their culture. You look at my movies, and I’ve had that, because of everyone who’s enabled me and allowed me to entertain them. It’s a privilege that I’ve never taken for granted. It’s my passion to make movies. It’s my passion to entertain you. And I’ll always fight for big theatres and that kind of experience for everyone.”
Rumours of his rift with Nolan
Tom’s shoutout to Oppenheimer comes a few weeks after reports of him objecting to Universal Pictures’ deal with IMAX theatres to release Nolan’s new ‘explosive’ film shot on an IMAX camera, on July 21 and hold it for three weeks. This would thus curtail the IMAX run of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, that would release only nine days prior to July 21.