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CLAIM: Tom Cruise Trying to ‘Squash’ Scientology Movie

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“TOM & SCIENTOLOGY UNDER FIRE AGAIN” blares a headline from Life & Style, which attempts to cause drama in the lives of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes on a weekly basis.

The tab’s claim this week is that Cruise is trying to foil production of the upcoming movie The Master because it supposedly “centers around a religion that has similarities to Scientology.”

According to a supposed “Hollywood insider,” “Producers have been trying to make the film for a while, but the project hasn’t gotten off the ground.”

Why not?

The tab’s source alleges Cruise may be trying to “squash” the film so that it doesn’t reveal Scientology’s “secrets.”

That’s a nice theory… and totally false.

The film’s slow start has nothing to do with Cruise.

A rep for the Mission Impossible star tells Gossip Cop the tab’s tale is “untrue.”

Consider this rumor squashed.

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  • GiggleMonster

    Life & Style’s story concept is silly on its face. There’s no percentage for Cruise in stopping a movie that will perish inside a few days–or go straight to video clearance bin.

    Financiers may not stay the course because the theme is old, overdone and tired. So producers/director are quietly talking to cheaper actors.

    This’n is circling the drain and all you see is plumber’s cleavage!

    (Very confidentially…I hear they’re even talking to Perez Hilton for the lead.)

  • Anon

    A movie making mockery of scientology?…You had me at hello!! I’ll go to the theatre AND buy the dvd!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001656781312 Bruce Allan

    Obviously you are a war criminal Scientologist. The cast is Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and former Scientologist Giovanni Ribisi. Former Scientologist and Academy Award winner Paul Haggis will show the world what you charlatans are all about.

  • hush

    this is a paul thomas anderson film. phenomonal director, as for this article idk about tom cruise trying to squash this movie, but i know many scientologists have been opposing to this film, so it wouldnt surprise me if cruise was against this film. and this article basically says that its completely untrue because cruises rep denies it? pt anderson is one of my favorite directors and look forward to seeing him a helm a film that explores the evolution of modern day established religions which seem to be completely whacked out in my opinion. Im an athiest but i fully believe in the right to practice religion freely, however new age religions such as scientology seem to be cheap crocks created by lonely and manipulative men.

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