Tom Cruise to Voice a Villain in Shrek Goes Fourth?

Posted by on September 4th, 2008   Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Rumours
Source: Cinema Blend

After all the praise he has received for his comedic role in Tropic Thunder, it appears that Tom Cruise is considering a few more options for improving his public image. Having seen that the “serious” version of Tom Cruise is not currently the most palatable one, it seems that he may be turning his attention to a possible role in the upcoming animated movie Shrek Goes Fourth.

According to Cinema Blend, Cruise is currently under consideration to voice one of the villains in the film. (Exactly who that villain might be, no one knows.) At the moment it’s just a rumour, but Dreamworks do have a history of casting big name actors in their animated flicks, so this wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Sometimes it comes at the expense of choosing the right voice for a role, but there’s no denying the fact that celebrity voices = big box office results. Scoring Tom Cruise for the movie would continue the trend of upping the ante with each new Shrek installment, although it doesn’t make me any more interested in the film personally. What it does do is virtually guarantee that Tom Cruise will once again be first in the hearts and minds of soccer moms everywhere. What do you think, is Tom Cruise’s career officially back on track?



  • Matt

    I really didn’t like the first Shrek. I Hated the second one, and completely lost interest in anything Shrek-related thereafter. I’m still shocked by the kind of numbers this franchise is still able to pull at the box office. I feel like this cash-cow’s gonne keep giving milk for a long time to come. It kind of reminds me of all of those completely unfuny spoof movies like Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, etc. I’m happy that Disaster Movie opened all all the way down at #7 this weekend.
    Sorry to digress. Anyway. There is a reason why Finding Nemo isn’t getting three sequels. It’s because the story that they wanted to tell, Pixar told in one movie.
    I hope this Shrek has a sci-fi twist to it and they “spoof” sciencetology. That would at least be somewhat interesting.
    As for Tom Cruise’s career being back on track. I doubt it. Although I liked him in Tropic Thunder, I did so not because he was particularly funny, but because I thought to myself “Isn’t that that formerly respected actor? Look at what crazy thing he’s doing now.” I guess his strategy is to show people that he is not completely uptight and weird, and that he can have fun and not take himself too seriously. But imo he runs the risk of doing that the rest of his movie career. I’m sure he doesn’t want producers thinking “Hey, let’s get Tom Cruise in here and make him do something stupid.” No, I don’t think Tom is going to reach a popularity level, that he enjoyed in the 80s and 90s. I don’t thinks anybody is. But what do I know.
    I also don’t think another movie will come out that is serious, has Tom Cruise as it’s star, and is a box office success.