Immediately after its announcement, it is a certainty that Tom Cruise’s next legacy sequel will be compared to the upcoming F1 movie from none other than the director of Top Gun: Maverick. Cruise has been one of the biggest movie stars in the world for decades. In recent years, sequels to some of his most iconic movies have been shaping his career more than anything else; Mission: Impossible 8 will hit theaters in 2025, a third Top Gun movie is being developed, and it’s rumored that a sequel to Edge of Tomorrow could be greenlit.

In addition to the aforementioned movies, a sequel to Cruise’s 1990 movie Days of Thunder is being made. Days of Thunder follows the rivalry-turned-friendship between NASCAR drivers Cole Trickle and Rowdy Burns. While the original movie only has a score of 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, Cruise has a desire to make a sequel to Days of Thunder. However, assuming the Days of Thunder sequel is released in the next few years, this means that it will immediately be compared to F1, the 2025 racing movie from Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski.