Gopher Central is reporting that Tom Cruise will conspire with Steven Spielberg on a Trilogy of the original War of the Worlds. A massive payday is in the offing.

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Cruise to star in 'War of the Worlds' 

HOLLYWOOD, -- Tom Cruise will star in Stephen Spielberg's 
"The War of the Worlds" trilogy in a deal that could net 
the actor $350 million. "No expense will be spared. 
Spielberg wants to make it the film of the decade," an 
insider at Paramount, which is funding the project, told 
Britain's Sunday Times. The deal, which gives Cruise 10 
percent of the box-office take and a share of merchandise 
profits, could double his fortune and make him the highest- 
earning actor in history. The first film, due in theaters 
next summer, is expected to draw $3.5 billion from ticket 
and DVD sales, earning the "Mission: Impossible" actor 
$175 million, Paramount said. The two sequels could net 
cruise another $87.5 million each. The trilogy is based 
on Wells' 1898 novel about Martians whose attack on London 
is thwarted when the aliens catch cold.

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