Overview
- Sports Business Journal reports a Hollywood screenwriter has been meeting NASCAR teams and drivers to help shape a potential sequel.
- Multiple sources identify the writer as Will Staples, who attended the Phoenix championship weekend and the Daytona 500 while gathering material.
- Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are discussing a return, and Bruckheimer said last year that Cruise was seeking to make the film.
- NASCAR and Paramount declined to comment to SBJ on the latest activity, and no formal greenlight has been announced.
- Recent coverage notes prior studio discussions about a sequel and highlights rising Hollywood interest in motorsports storytelling.