John Goodman Injured Filming Tom Cruise Movie, Pausing Production

Production on a new Tom Cruise movie has been paused after actor John Goodman sustained an injury while filming in the U.K. Goodman is starring in the yet-untitled film from Warner Bros. and Legendary, alongside Cruise and Jesse Plemons from Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

A spokesperson for Warner Bros. Pictures told Deadline “Actor John Goodman experienced a hip injury. He received immediate medical attention that led to a brief delay in shooting to allow him time to recover. The production resumes shooting next week following John’s full recovery.”

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The Actor Slipped While Blocking a Scene

Per Deadline, The Big Lebowski actor slipped at some point during the past week during scene blocking at the U.K.’s Pinewood Studios and was then taken to the hospital where he was treated. Filming was stopped for two days due to the 72-year-old actor’s injury, which was described to the outlet as a relatively “minor injury.” It’s expected Goodman will return to work on the movie on Monday.

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The Untitled Flick is the Director’s First English Language Film in a Decade

The film from Iñárritu, who is behind projects like The Revenant and Birdman, was announced in February 2024 when Cruise signed a deal to star in it. The untitled project is Iñárritu’s first English-language movie since The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, was released in 2015. Iñárritu won an Oscar for Best Director for the film. He also won a Best Director Oscar for 2014’s Birdman, starring Michael Keaton, which also won the Best Picture Oscar.

Iñárritu’s latest project was 2022’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, which was a Mexican dramedy that is streaming on Netflix. The newest project with Cruise, Goodman, and Plemons, is being written by Iñárritu, Sabina Berman, Alexandra Dinelaris, and Nicholas Giacobone. The untitled project is Cruise’s first film with Warner Bros. since 2014’s Edge of Tomorrow. Details on the plot of the new film are still unknown.

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John Goodman Will Return to The Conners for its Final Season

Goodman, an Emmy-winning actor, is set to return to his role as Dan Conner on the Roseanne spinoff, The Conners, when it premieres its seventh season. Fans of The Conners, can catch up before the seventh season premieres as the first five seasons of the show will drop on Hulu starting March 12.

The Conners stars Roseanne actors Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, and Lecy Goranson and also features Emma Kenney, Ames McNamara, Michael Fishman, and Katey Segal. Sean Astin also has a recurring role in the series.

The final season of The Conners will premiere on March 26 on ABC.

Source: Deadline

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The Conners

TV-PG

Comedy

Drama

Release Date 2018 – 2024

Network ABC

Showrunner Bruce Helford, Matt Williams

Writers Dave Caplan, Bruce Helford, Matt Williams

Cast

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John Goodman

Sara Gilbert

Macaulay Callard

Laurie Metcalf

A sitcom that follows the lives of the Conner family as they navigate the ups and downs of working-class life in Lanford, Illinois. After the loss of the family matriarch, the Conners band together to face daily struggles, including financial challenges, parenting issues, and personal relationships.

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