Anne Hathaway is set to star alongside Tom Cruise in a follow-up film to 1990's Days of Thunder, with a release planned for June 2028. The announcement was made by Hathaway and Cruise in a joint Instagram post on Saturday.
Hathaway, 43, will portray a racecar team owner and engineer in the new film. Tom Cruise will reprise his role as Cole Trickle from the original movie. Jonathan Levine is slated to direct, with Cruise producing alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Tommy Harper.
The actress has had a busy year, starring in four films already released and another, Verity, scheduled for an October release. She is also working on a third installment of The Princess Diaries and other projects.
Hathaway is pregnant with her third child and confirmed in a video teaser for Days of Thunder that she will give birth before filming begins.