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Tom Cruise & Scarlett Johansson to Star in ‘The Gauntlet’ Remake Directed by Christopher McQuarrie; Set to Be ‘Gnarly’, ‘Violent’ and R-Rated

Scarlett Johansson and Tom Cruise are rumored to star in a remake of Clint Eastwood's 'The Gauntlet' at Warner Bros. Pictures, directed by Christopher McQuarrie.

During the Rome premiere of Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One, Cruise confirmed that he and Johansson are “absolutely” on board to star together in a project. Cruise praised Johansson, stating, “She’s amazing,” and added, “There’s a great actress and a movie star.” When asked if he thinks they can star in something together, he immediately answered, “Yes. ‘The Gauntlet,’ released in 1977 and directed by Eastwood, stars him as Ben Shockley, a down-and-out cop who is tasked with escorting a prostitute, Gus Mally (Sondra Locke), from Las Vegas to Phoenix so she can testify in a mob trial.

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