Tom Cruise in NCIS: Origins? What's Real and What's Rumor

Tom Cruise had a busy week without technically doing much: he popped by an NCIS set, his time-loop classic spawned a new anime, and his rumored romance apparently hit the brakes. Here is what actually happened, minus the noise.

Tom Cruise swung through the NCIS: Origins set (and no, he is not in the episode)

Cruise made an unannounced stop at Paramount Studios, where NCIS: Origins is filming. Before anyone gets excited: he is not showing up in the latest episode. The visit was just that — a visit — and whatever brought him to the lot likely had to do with his own projects at the studio.

NCIS writer David J. North posted about the drop-in on Instagram and shared a neat little behind-the-scenes detail: the series hangout, Daly's bar, was inspired by the bar in Top Gun. Austin Stowell, who plays Leroy Gibbs on Origins, also threw up some photos on his Instagram Story, joking:

'Gibbs & Hunt, NCIS: Impossible'

(That caption first made the rounds via Deadline.) Fun crossover energy, zero casting news.

Edge of Tomorrow gets a Japanese animated feature based on the original novel

If you have been waiting a decade for an Edge of Tomorrow 2, this is not it — but it is in the neighborhood. Warner Bros. Japan is producing All You Need Is Kill, a feature-length anime adapting Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel, which is the same book that inspired the Tom Cruise/Emily Blunt movie. A new trailer just dropped.

The setup sticks to the source material: Rita is caught in a brutal time loop, dying in battle and waking up to relive the same day, using what she learns each cycle to survive a little longer. The grind is wrecking her psyche, and then she meets Cage — a soldier who admits he is reliving the day too. Together, their looping may finally tip the war against the invading aliens. Expect slick sci-fi action with a fantasy edge. Per Aynk Anime, this one premiered footage at New York Comic Con and is on a long runway to release.

• Studio: Warner Bros. Japan
• Title: All You Need Is Kill (feature-length anime)
• Based on: Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel
• Director: Kenichiro Akimoto
• Screenplay: Yuichiro Kido
• Voice cast: Ai Mikami, Natsuki Hanae, Kana Hanazawa, Hiccorohee, and more
• Debut: Screened at New York Comic Con
• Japan release: January 2026
• Global release: TBA

Report: Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas have split, but are still working together

After months of buzz about a Cruise–de Armas relationship, the two have reportedly called it off. He is 63, she is 37, and yes, plenty of people had takes about that gap. According to an insider, the spark faded, but they are on good terms and remain friends. The project they have been developing together is still in motion, and they plan to keep collaborating on it. Short romance, minimal drama, onward to the work.