He’s following up Top Gun: Maverick with a follow-up to Days of Thunder, which was already kind of a follow-up to Top Gun in the first place. And so The Hollywood Reporter says that Paramount is now mounting a sequel to Days of Thunder. But maybe the most valuable thing on his resume as it relates to Days of Thunder 2 hasn’t even come out yet. That at least gives Levine some sports movie bona fides going into the world of NASCAR for Days of Thunder. Meanwhile Cruise will be seen this fall as the title character of Digger, which is due in theaters on October 2.