Hey Folks, Harry here... You know - right after the split/firing/whatever you wanna call it... when Tom Cruise and Paramount split ways, I received calls from numerous publications trying to get me to kick at the alleged "cinematic cadaver" of Tom Cruise - and frankly, I just couldn't kick.

Why?

I've never met the man, but over the years his constant exquisite choice in who he works with has left me stunned in admiration. Here's a sample: J.J. Abrams, Spielberg, Michael Mann, Ed Zwick, Cameron Crowe, Paul Thomas Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Neil Jordan, John Woo, Brian DePalma, Sydney Pollack, Rob Reiner, Ron Howard, Tony Scott, Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson, Ridley Scott, Paul Brickman, Curtis Hanson and Francis Ford Coppola. Look at that list of directors that have chosen to work with Tom, and who in turn Tom has chosen to work with. That list is a Who's Who of the greatest living directors - and that's what I told the publications that reached out to me, to kick Tom.

Well... A lot has been written about what his next move would be... and as an actor with 'all the right moves' he chose to work with a director he's yet to work with. ROBERT REDFORD.

Tom's first film out of the gate from running United Artists is going to be LIONS FOR LAMBS. According to Michael Fleming and Variety:

"Lambs" is a Matthew Carnahan-scripted drama that consists of three interconnected storylines: Cruise as a congressman who interacts with a journalist (Streep); Redford as an idealistic professor who attempts to inspire a privileged student in his class; and a third storyline about a pair of American soldiers wounded in enemy territory, one of whom is Redford's former student.

That's right, Streep, Meryl Streep is going to be co-starring. This is an ideal move by Tom. Just a great solid work, a piece of an incredible ensemble cast filled with some of the greatest actors and actresses of all-time. Great performers to bounce off of and a great director to trust his career with. Not another Cruise action-fest, but a film that gives him a role to bite into.

This is an excellent move. And LIONS FOR LAMBS sounds like it has all the makings of a great project. Looks like it'll come together for next year, round this time.