I-Thriller isuselwa kumthengisi wezempi yangaphambili, iphoyisa eliye laqanjwa. Ukukhiqizwa kwesithombe kuzoqala ekuqaleni ekwindla, esihlalweni somqondisi kuzothatha iChristopher McQulorry.
Ngemuva kwalokho, ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo, uCruz uzoqala ukudubula izimpi ezimnandi zikaJoseph Kosinsky " Umlingisi uzophinde afeze indima enkulu.
UTom Cruise ungene ezingxoxweni endimeni "eShot" ngenyanga edlule. Ukuvuselelwa kwakhe kwabangela izingxoxo eziningi phakathi kwabalandeli baka-BestSeller, ngoba ukukhula komlingiswa ophambili womsebenzi kwakungamamitha ayi-60, okungahambelani nokubukeka kwesikebhe.
Kodwa-ke, umbhali wochungechunge lwencwadi aqinisekisile umphakathi ukuthi "amapharamitha acebile - akukho ngaphezu kwesifaniso sobunzima, okuyinto ehamba ngezinyawo ekhombisa ngendlela yayo." Isitatimende esinjalo ngokuqinisekile sasiyinkomba yokuzethemba kuma-studio kanye nokuzikhethela kwabo, ngaphezu ko-December 16, 2011, umlingisi uzophinde aphumelele ezikrinini ezibanzi njengengxenye elandelayo ye-Franchise ye-Sensical - "I-Mission Imple: Phantom Iphrothokholi. "
Ku- "Shot", uJack Rich uzophenya icala lapho umgibeli abulala khona abantu abahlanu ngaphambi kokuba aboshwe.