- Cruise insisted that his film be released in theaters rather than on streaming services, which have burgeoned since the COVID pandemic.
- The two men have worked together on two films: “Minority Report” and “War Of The Worlds.”
- “Top Gun: Maverick” is nominated for best picture, along with “All Quiet On The Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees Of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans,” “Tar,” Triangle Of Sadness,” and “Women Talking.”
