{"id":2322752,"date":"2026-03-11T09:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2322752"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:07:06","slug":"tom-cruise-shoots-secret-video-scenes-directed-by-wicked-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tom-cruise-shoots-secret-video-scenes-directed-by-wicked-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise Shoots Secret Video Scenes Directed by Wicked Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a carefully planned and secretive effort, Tom Cruise<\/a><\/strong> has been working on a new project, pushing his acting abilities and exploring fresh creative ground. The actor is crafting a visual masterpiece, secretly filming intense video scenes <\/strong>under Jon M. Chu\u2019s direction, the mastermind behind Wicked<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tom Cruise shoots a secret video for Paramount<\/h2>\n

Tom Cruise has been secretly filming a video for Paramount that promises to be a visually stunning experience. Sources indicate Cruise was filming scenes of a promotional piece for Paramount\u2019s \u201cbrand new day\u201d, following the company\u2019s acquisition by David Ellison\u2019s Skydance Media last summer (via hollywoodreporter.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Jon M. Chu, director of the Wicked films, is leading the project, a tribute to Paramount\u2019s history, legacy, and future. Chu recently joined Paramount with a first-look deal, covering both film and TV. The studio\u2019s future has been a hot topic in Hollywood for months, following its acquisition. The video is part of David Ellison<\/strong>\u2018s <\/strong>major overhaul of Paramount, marked by a string of high-profile deals.<\/p>\n

These include a $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, and talent deals with Chu, the Duffer Brothers<\/strong>, Will Smith\u2019s Westbrook<\/strong>, James Mangold<\/strong>, and Issa Rae<\/strong>, under co-chairs Dana Goldberg<\/strong> and Josh Greenstein<\/strong>. Ellison has also snapped up Bari Weiss\u2019 The Free Press, secured UFC rights for $7.7 billion, and partnered with Activision for a Call of Duty film franchise.<\/p>\n

Tom Cruise has a decades-long bond with Paramount, thanks to hits like Top Gun and Mission: Impossible. He and David Ellison\u2019s Skydance co-financed Top Gun: Maverick and recent Mission: Impossible films, cementing their partnership.<\/p>\n

However, the 63-year-old had left Paramount in January 2024, signing with Warner Bros. His only announced project with Warner Bros. is Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu<\/strong>\u2018s Digger, releasing in October. Now, with Paramount\u2019s acquisition, the actor is back on board.<\/p>\n

Besides Tom Cruise, it is unclear which other celebrities or filmmakers will feature in the project, as it is still a work in progress. The film\u2019s intended audience also remains uncertain, whether it will be for internal use or a wider public release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.comingsoon.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a carefully planned and secretive effort, Tom Cruise has been working on a new project, pushing his acting abilities and exploring fresh creative ground. The actor is crafting a visual masterpiece, secretly filming intense video scenes under Jon M. Chu\u2019s direction, the mastermind behind Wicked. Tom Cruise shoots a secret video for Paramount Tom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2322754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[21741,24386,353108,309230,33293],"class_list":["post-2322752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-jon-m-chu","tag-paramount","tag-tom-cruise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tom-Cruise-Shoots-Secret-Video-Scenes-Directed-by-Wicked-Director.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2322756,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322752\/revisions\/2322756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}