Anne Hathaway is set to join Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder 2, as Paramount Pictures fast-tracks the sequel to the 1990 racing hit.
According to Deadline, Paramount has tapped Jonathan Levine to direct the film. Cruise announced Hathaway’s casting on social media on Saturday with a photo of the pair beside a NASCAR race car in Daytona.
The film will release on 2 June 2028 and will be shot for IMAX, with screenings planned in Dolby Cinemas, 4DX and other premium formats.
Cruise will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle. Hathaway is expected to play a team owner and engineer, though plot details remain under wraps.
Directed by Tony Scott, Days of Thunder earned $82.6 million in the US and $157.9 million worldwide.
Cruise conceived the story, with Robert Towne writing and Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer producing.
Hathaway recently starred in The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey and The End of Oak Street. She will next appear in Verity, due in October.
