Is Tom Cruise Film “Valkyrie” The Latest Victim Of Anonymous Campaign Against Scientology
Valkyrie Still, or OSA meeting? You decide.
Tom Cruise has been quiet lately, a little too quiet for a guy with a movie to release.
Cruise’s WWII film, Valkyrie, has been delayed once more - this news broke almost two weeks ago. The media cited MGM excuses related to the film not wanting to compete with other major film releases. Here’s the details from Huffington Post:
Tom Cruise’s World War II thriller “Valkyrie” has pushed back its release date to 2009, the second postponement for a production that has endured its share of headaches.
The MGM release has been moved from October 3 to February 13, coinciding with the U.S. Presidents Day holiday weekend. Last December, it was pulled from its original July 4 holiday weekend berth where it would have competed with the Angelina Jolie thriller “Wanted.”
“When an opening became available for President’s Day Weekend, we seized the opportunity,” said MGM distribution president Clark Woods, referring to Universal’s recent decision to pull “The Wolf Man” out of that slot and into April 3.
“Valkyrie” is the true story of a German officer, played by Cruise, who tried to assassinate Hitler. The German government initially banned the production from shooting on location at the Berlin site where the plot was hatched and the conspirators executed. It later changed its mind after months of national debate that focused in part on Cruise’s Scientology beliefs.
This is not the only scandal that has plagued this film, Yahoo News has more background to this doomed project:
The German government initially banned the production from shooting on location at the Berlin site where the plot was hatched and the conspirators executed. It later changed its mind after months of national debate that focused in part on Cruise’s Scientology beliefs.
Some of the footage shot at the site was later damaged during processing, requiring re-shoots. Last August, 10 extras were injured when they fell off the back of a truck during shooting in Berlin.
The movie is being produced by MGM’s United Artists banner, which Cruise runs with business partner Paula Wagner. UA’s debut release under the new regime, the Cruise vehicle “Lions for Lambs,” bombed at the box office last November.
Tom Cruise, like the Church of Scientology he shills for, can’t catch a break. While the mainstream media continues to tip-toe and pussy-foot around the “real” story, those of us who’ve followed the internet movement of anti-Scientology sentiment fronted by Anonymous realize Valkyrie is poised to be the staging ground of massive failure. The film itself is not the issue (although it looks pretty tepid), but rather the studio execs (likely pressured by the CoS) do not want to create the tremendous opportunity for Anonymous to stage world-wide headline making press. Nothing like chants at a red carpet event to cause an uproar — or worse — at movie theaters around the world. The mind boggles at the possibilities.
There’s intel in the pipeline something big is going to blow for the Church of Scientology. While I can’t confirm these reports, suffice it to say, CoS infiltration into Hollywood’s darkest corners have lost their grip. Those willing to protect the CoS interests and their “celeb” stable have grown weary and with all all the pressure of Anonymous and the Old Guard of anti-CoS leaders, the public is starting to get wind that something is rotten in the land of LaLa.
I predict big-time players in Hollywood who have a beef with the CoS will follow their conscience and refuse to “play the game” with David Miscavige and “blow the lid” off of the CoS.
This is critical mass time Anonymous, your strategy, your diligence and your courage to go up against an organization which is run more like an international crime syndicate, than a religious group, has come to fruition. Glosslip predicts Valkyrie will never be released as they keep waiting and waiting for Anonymous to go away.
Silly cult, tricks are for kids.
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I would have loved to see Tom Cruise play Capt. Prince in Ghost Soldiers (known as The Great Raid when it came out), when it was going to be directed by Steven Spielberg. I think Mr. Cruise is an alright actor, I blame his twisted and riveting role in Collateral for his recent public behavior.
With that aside, Tom Cruise can go to hell unless he blows from Co$.
Comment by dirknimrod — April 22, 2008 @ 11:58 pm
Just saw Magoo’s newest vid on th tube and she was frothing over abuot something big about to happen. So yeah…I’m excited. Now this. Hollywood involved possibly? I want to see Travolta speak out next.
Comment by Jack — April 23, 2008 @ 12:22 am
Totally Valid Point.
Comment by Anon — April 23, 2008 @ 2:54 am
So what would happen if Tom Cruise leaves Scientology before Valkyrie is released?
Comment by enronanonron — April 23, 2008 @ 3:05 am
if tom cruise left before the movie was realeased and admitted he was going along for the ride because he got in over his head………..and apol for turning his head away from the evils this church was doing…..my husband would be happy because then he could watch tom cruise movies in my house again
Comment by ohbuddy — April 23, 2008 @ 4:31 am
In any event I’m going to go see the new Raiders of the Lost Arc movie from Spielberg/Lucas coming out very soon. I’m going to put my money on a winner.
Comment by Mitsu Too — April 23, 2008 @ 6:25 am
Disgusting to threaten the job of a man, he’s an actor frst, he was then enrolled in a cult becasue of his fragile mental.
Comment by ggg — April 23, 2008 @ 7:41 am
Well written. I hope you are right. But…SCREW Cruise. He and that insidious CULT has done so much damage I can’t even imagine a scenario that would get me to ever pay another dime to see one of his films. Have no mercy on this evil organization and those who have helped it do it’s filthy deeds. Period.
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Pingback by New Direction: Drumming Up A Dead Story - Enturbulation.org Activism Forums — April 23, 2008 @ 9:25 am
It might be a better idea for them to hurry up and release it before anymore info bombs blow about Scientology. The longer they wait, the worse it may get for a release of any kind. Or, straight to video? Yikes.
Comment by Capcom — April 23, 2008 @ 11:24 am
cursed movie is cursed.
Comment by anonanon — April 23, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
Honestly I don’t care. As many have said before, we don’t want to target individual Scientoligists, but the corrupt leadeship of their church. Tom Crusie is famous, and yes, he is a mouthpiece for DM and his thugs, but in the end he’s just another brainwashed soul who has been suckered by this cult. I’m not going to see this movie, but that’s more because I don’t think I’ll like it than the individual beliefs of one of it’s cast members, even he is absolutly zany in the brains nuts.
Comment by AnonStL — April 23, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
“Disgusting to threaten the job of a man, he’s an actor frst, he was then enrolled in a cult becasue of his fragile mental.”
I’ve never heard anything to indicate Tom Cruise had a “fragile” mental state — “gullible”, sure, but not “fragile”. As for the rest, it was entirely Cruise’s choice to use the fame he gained from his job to proselytize for the cult — so why on Earth should it be unfair if his career suffers because of his association with the cult? Matt Lauer could easily have found ten thousand people more qualified to talk about the “history of psychiatry”, but instead Tom “You’re so glib” Cruise gets the bully pulpit. If people start losing interest in Tom Cruise the actor because he won’t stop using the career of Tom Cruise the actor to advance the agenda of Tom Cruise the cultist, who is responsible for that?
Comment by AF — April 23, 2008 @ 7:17 pm
Ah, it does figure that I’d find the quote I had given up searching for less then a minute after pressing “Submit”. This is how the cult views Tom Cruise’s potential to shill for them: “Across 90 nations, 5,000 people hear his word of Scientology — every hour . . . Every minute of every hour someone reaches for LRH technology . . . simply because they know Tom Cruise is a Scientologist.”
Comment by AF — April 23, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
Tom Cruises’ career taking a downward spiral is the equilavent of one shooting themself in the foot. His association with his cult, and his outrageous beliefs and actions are of his own making. Most people view Scientology as a weird cult. That is unless they have the desire to learn of its deep seeded evil. He has created a public perception of himself as a crazy Scientologist. He has turned his fans off, thus ruining his own career. Any way you slice it, or dice it, he has done all of this to himself. I find it incredibly hard to believe he will ever come close to the Tom Cruise pre-Scientology star he once was.
Comment by D-Bomb — April 23, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
Thanks for the article!
Comment by Katie Holmes Videos — April 27, 2008 @ 2:30 pm