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Tom Cruise is no stranger to the UAE s landmarks, having scaled the Burj Khalifa in
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and now the action star has been spotted at another local attraction.
The American actor, who has been in the capital to film
Mission: Impossible 7, was
seen outside Louvre Abu Dhabi in a new photo shared on Twitter.
Cruise, 58, can be seen wearing a face mask in the image posted by Hamad Al Hosani on Saturday.
الممثل العالمي توم كروز ، في كل مرة التقي به يقول لي : i love Abudhabi i love your country pic.twitter.com/WcLBqEqOxl حمـد الحـوسنـي (@Hahosani) February 13, 2021 Every time I meet him, he tells me, I love Abu Dhabi, I love your country , the caption read.
Tom Cruise s
Mission Impossible franchise is no stranger to the UAE. We ve so far hosted Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and some spectacular stunts for both the fourth and sixth films in the action series.
Despite Covid-19 delays, the franchise is currently shooting episodes seven and eight back-to-back, with confirmed locations including Norway, London, Rome and Venice.
Last week, an on-set source told
The Sun that the shoot was about to restart, and added an intriguing addendum for UAE residents: “Shooting will resume in the UK later this week before it goes off to Dubai,” the source revealed.
While neither the Abu Dhabi Film & TV Commission, Film & TV Commission or twofour54 would confirm or deny speculation to
like previous versions
of the annual celebration of Filipino cinema. There was no traditional parade of colourful floats down Roxas Boulevard to mark the festival’s opening, and no audiences in cinemas, because
Covid-19 forced the event
But this
could hardly be classed as entirely unusual. What perhaps stood out most about last month s event was the all-conquering success of a film several times removed from the image of Filipino cinema that
audiences are accustomed to.
The glossy studio films that achieve global recognition usually promise lashings of romance, a touch of comedy, and flawless, fresh-faced stars, frequently making up the uniquely Filipino concept of a “love team” – an on-screen pairing that attracts a fanatical fan following, with its individuals