Cruise on Out!

"Okay, if Tom eases up with the Kung Fu grip, I'll pull loose. Then you, 11, 13 and 14 tackle him and hang on and I'll take a shot at sweet freedom."

Tom Cruise and producing partner Paula Wagner are to make a sequel to the 1996 classic The Birdcage. The actor's studio United Artists will produce the second installment of the MGM film about a gay cabaret owner and his drag queen boyfriend who act heterosexual in a bid to impress their son's future in-laws.

Wagner told an MGM conference, "We are in the early stages of making a sequel to the Birdcage. I know what you're all thinking, but the truth is Tom was actually inspired to remake Birdcage by his wife's bedroom."