Editing Tom Cruise (section)

===Management of United Artists===
In November 2006, Cruise and Paula Wagner announced that they had taken over the film studio [[United Artists]] (UA).<ref name="MGM"/> Cruise acted as a producer and starred in films for UA, while Wagner served as UA's chief executive. Production began in 2007 of ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'', a thriller based on the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt against [[Adolf Hitler]]. The film was acquired in March 2007 by UA. On March 21, 2007, Cruise signed to play [[Claus von Stauffenberg]], the [[protagonist]]. This project marked the second production to be greenlighted since Cruise and Wagner took control of UA. The first was its inaugural film, ''[[Lions for Lambs]]'', directed by [[Robert Redford]] and starring Redford, [[Meryl Streep]] and Cruise. In August 2008, Wagner stepped down from her position at UA; she retained her stake in UA, which combined with Cruise's share amounted to 30% of the studio.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Eller|first=Claudia|date=August 14, 2008|title=Wagner resigns as chief of UA|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-14-fi-wagner14-story.html|access-date=March 3, 2023|periodical=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229041508/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-14-fi-wagner14-story.html |archive-date=December 29, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>