Tom Cruise is flying high.
The 60-year-old action star will receive the Producers Guild of America’s highest honor, organizers announced Thursday. It’s Cruise’s first major prize in a big year that saw him release the record-breaking box office blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick.
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Cruise will be honored at the Feb. 25 ceremony with the 2023 David O. Selznick Achievement Award, which recognizes a producer or producing team for their body of work.
“Beginning with Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise has developed a talent for producing to match his extraordinary talent as an actor,” PGA chiefs Donald De Line and Stephanie Allain said in a statement.
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“His commitment to telling bold, cinematic and entertaining stories has elevated the global theatrical experience and has resulted in some of the most popular motion pictures in history.”
Tom Cruise attends the London premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick” on May 19, 2022. (Gareth Cattermole/Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images f)
Past recipients of the award include Steven Spielberg, Brian Grazer, Barbara Broccoli and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige.
“Top Gun: Maverick,” meanwhile, was named the best film of the year Thursday by the National Board of Review.
Annie Schulhof, president of the long-running New York City-based non-profit called the movie “a thrilling crowd-pleaser that is expertly crafted on every level … that brought audiences back to theaters.”
The sequel to the 1986 original also won outstanding achievement in cinematography. Released over Memorial Day weekend, the naval-aviation spectacle grossed more than $1.5 billion at the global box office.
Tom Cruise to receive Producers Guild’s highest honor, ‘Top Gun’ named best film
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