Tom Cruise Poised For Olympics Closing Ceremony Stunt

As Los Angeles prepares for the Olympic handover during the August 11 Closing Ceremony in Paris, plans are afoot for Tom Cruise to make a major appearance.

Already a presence at the Opening Ceremony and at some competitions, the Mission: Impossible star will be dropping in — literally — when the Olympic flag is handed over the 2028 games host city, source close to events have told Deadline.

Details of the Closing Ceremony are a closely held secret, but it known that L.A. Mayor Karen Bass to receive the Olympic flag from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. “Expect a major Hollywood production,” a well-positioned source tells Deadline.

NBC Sports declined comment on the CAA-repped Cruise’s involvement and other details about the Closing Ceremony handover.

The 2028 Summer Olympics will run July 14-30 in Los Angeles, which hosted the Games in 1932 and 1984. This time around, the city likely will kick off the games at a venue built for the 1932 event: the Coliseum. It will be part of what 2028 organizers are calling the Downtown Sports Park, a collection of venues that includes Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center), the Convention Center, the L.A. Football Club Stadium, USC’s Galen Center and the Microsoft Theater.

TMZ was first to report on Cruise’s involvement in the closing gala.

Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.

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