Paramount Bosses Refuse To Release Tom Cruise Shots 8/12/08

Film fans will have to wait to see Tom Cruise's much-anticipated cameo in new war comedy Tropic Thunder - because movie bosses are refusing to leak images to the media.

The movie star is virtually unrecognizable as a chubby, balding movie executive in the new Ben Stiller film - and Paramount marketing bosses are keen to make sure fans will see the first shots of Cruise at the cinema when the movie opens on Wednesday (13Aug08).

A production package sent out to the press features 37 on-set promotional stills, featuring stars like Stiller, Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jr., and Jack Black - but Cruise, who attended the film's Los Angeles premiere on Monday night (11Aug08) with his wife Katie Holmes, is nowhere to be seen.

An insider says, "It's amazing that this has been kept under wraps for so long considering you're up against the electronic media, but it looks as if the film bosses have won a major battle in keeping Cruise on camera a top secret this time."