Tom Cruise's Alejandro Iñárritu Movie cast

An upcoming movie starring Tom Cruise has arguably the best ensemble cast of the celebrated actor’s entire career. After maintaining his status as one of the biggest movie stars on the planet and the face of several massive action franchises such as Top Gun and Mission: Impossible, Cruise will be looking to take on more dramatic roles with experienced directors. Cruise recently signed a major deal with Warner Bros. which brings about all sorts of possibilities for sequels and original content.

Cruise had originally starred in more traditional dramas, comedies, and other genre films outside of action during his meteoric rise in Hollywood over the years. He made his feature film debut in the tragic romantic drama Endless Love (1981) before rising to prominence as the star of Risky Business (1983), The Color of Money (1986), and of course, the original Top Gun (1986). Cruise has been nominated for 3 Best Actor Oscars for Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), and Magnolia (1999).

Tom Cruise’s Alejandro Iñárritu Movie Has An Absolutely Loaded Cast So Far

The untitled film features several Academy Award winners and nominees

Tom Cruise as Pete Mitchell in Top Gun Maverick

Tom Cruise’s new movie with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu will pair him with a slate of extraordinary and award-winning actors. While the plot details and title currently remain under wraps, the cast list alone already makes it one of the most highly-anticipated upcoming movies. Cruise will be joined onscreen by Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler), John Goodman (The Big Lebowski), Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name), Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog), and Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), via Deadline.

Warner Bros. will produce the film by Iñàrritu, a 4-time Oscar-winning screenwriter and director best known for Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015). Deadline reports that the script, which Iñàrritu co-wrote, will center “on the most powerful man in the world, who embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.” While unconfirmed, Cruise seems like the most obvious choice for the described protagonist.

Not Even Mission: Impossible Has Assembled A Cast As Impressive Opposite Tom Cruise

Iñàrritu’s next movie looks to be Cruise’s very best ensemble

Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt looking worried in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Needless to say, Cruise has been a part of some great casts over the years but has never been in one quite as ostensibly stacked as Iñàrritu’s upcoming picture. Even though his Mission: Impossible movies are known for being ensemble films with good casts, featuring big-name actors such as Henry Cavill, Jeremy Renner, and Rebecca Ferguson, none quite compare to the expected prestige of this Cruise project. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, which stars Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Jason Robards may be in the same conversation, but Iñàrritu’s next movie looks to be Cruise’s very best ensemble.