It has been recognized {that a} sequel to the 1990 NASCAR-centric movie “Days of Thunder” was within the works, however Tom Cruise and Anne Hathaway confirmed a basic launch date for the movie in a social media put up on Saturday.
In a video filmed at Daytona Worldwide Speedway, the location of Saturday’s Cup Sequence race (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC) Hathaway and Cruise posed in entrance of a Subsequent-Gen automotive bearing a inexperienced and yellow Days of Thunder-themed paint scheme.
“We’re popping out summer time of 2028,” Cruise mentioned. “Do not be late.”
What a Days of Thunder sequel will imply to NASCAR
Launched as NASCAR started to growth in the beginning of the Nineties, “Days of Thunder” facilities round Cruise, who performs a younger driver — Cole Trickle, who’s new to the inventory automotive racing scene. Together with crew chief Harry Hogge, performed by the late Robert Duvall, Trickle navigates rivalries with Rowdy Burns and Russ Wheeler, recovers from an damage suffered in a harrowing crash at Daytona and finally returns to Daytona to win the Daytona 500.
