Universal Pictures has retitled Tom Cruise‘s latest action flick “Mena,” and pushed the release date ahead on the 2017 schedule.
Now called “American Made,” the Doug Liman picture made international news in September 2015 when a plane shuttling crew members on set in Colombia crashed, killing two on board.
Previously dated for Jan. 6, 2017, the movie will now open on Sept. 29 of the sameย year.
The script was written byย Gary Spinelli, and Cruise will star withย Domhnall Gleesonย andย Lola Kirke. Cross Creek produced the project with Universal on board to distribute.
“American Made” is a drama based on the true story of a former TWA pilot who worked for the late cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar and later became a DEA informant.