Tom Cruise isn’t the first guy you might think of to star in a movie called Bob the Musical, first because his name isn’t Bob, and second because the movie is billed as a high-concept comedy and Cruise is better-known as an action guy, but according to The Wrap Disney has its hopes firmly set on the Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star to lead the project.
Cruise isn’t officially attached to the project yet, but I count myself a Cruise fan and I have to say I am excited about the prospect of him playing the lead in a comedy again, especially one with an interesting premise. According to the report Disney hopes to reel in Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) to direct a script from Allan Loeb (Rock of Ages). The story is this: a regular guy can suddenly hear the inner songs of everyone’s heart after suffering a blow to the head, and his reality instantly becomes a musical, much to his dismay.
Cruise has had the opportunity to show off his comedic chops in recent years in films such as Tropic Thunder, Rock of Ages, and even Edge of Tomorrow, so a role like this certainly isn’t outside the realm of possibility, but it seems we’ll have to wait a bit before we know if Cruise decides to climb aboard the ship as the thriller Mena is next on the docket.
