Don Simpson

Tom Cruise Is Finally Working On A ‘Days Of Thunder’ Sequel With Paramount

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Tom Cruise Is Finally Working On A ‘Days Of Thunder’ Sequel With Paramount

In one of the most incredible Friday afternoon news dumps of all time, it sounds like Tom Cruise is finally starting to work on a “Days of Thunder” sequel. The story was broken by The Hollywood Reporter, which said Cruise is currently in talks with Paramount surrounding production of a sequel to the 1990 NASCAR … Read more

Days Of Thunder Was So Hard To Make It Killed An Era Of Cinema

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Days Of Thunder Was So Hard To Make It Killed An Era Of Cinema

The 1980s were good to the producing partnership of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. While Simpson was known as something of a shit heel in Hollywood, he got results, and with Bruckheimer helping him out, those results were worth billions. Beginning in 1983, when their first film together Flashdance, garnered $201.5 million from a $7 … Read more