Tom Cruise is back in demand

It seems Hollywood hunk Tom Cruise never had it better, for even after being dumped by Paramount pictures this summer, the actor is not short of work.

According to Variety magazine, the actor is considering doing two Hollywood blockbusters as well as a smaller art house flick.

Tom has been offered indie political drama Lion For Lambs about US soldiers in Afghanistan. He's up for the part of a politician, with Meryl Streep set to play a journalist, reports the Sun.

Tom is also mulling over The Ha-Ha, a drama about a mute Gulf war veteran who must look after a nine-year-old when the mother disappears.

Finally he may also star in Spike Lee's new film Selling Time as a man who sells parts of his life for a chance to change the worst day of his life.

Spike has had several meetings with Tom and is working on the script. (ANI)