Top Gun: Maverick director has an idea for an F1 and Days of Thunder crossover film

One that finally sees Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt back on screen together.
Text: Ben Lyons
Published 2025-06-29

There have been a lot of conversations as of late about bringing Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise together to team back up in a film as co-stars. This conversation has mostly been birthed from the fact that Cruise headlined Top Gun: Maverick and Pitt headlines F1, two action blockbusters that have been directed by Joseph Kosinski. With the stars aligning, when can we expect the Cruise-Pitt connection to take shape once more?

That's precisely what GQ asked Kosinski in a recent interview, with the director providing an answer that was both a little surprising but also seems truly exciting, as it'd look to connect the worlds of Formula 1 and NASCAR.

Kosinski's grand plan was explained as such: "Well, right now, it'd be Cole Trickle, who was [Cruise's] Days of Thunder character, we find out that he and Sonny Hayes have a past. They were rivals at some point, maybe crossed paths... I heard about this epic go-kart battle on Interview with a Vampire that Brad and Tom had, and who wouldn't pay to see those two go head-to-head on the track?"

Would you watch Days of F1, Formula Thunder, whatever it could be called?

From Interview with the Vampire, where Pitt and Cruise do not play race car drivers...

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