Tom Cruise may have been severed from Paramount, but that doesn't mean he's done making films. Variety says the now freelance actor is eyeballing three new projects: Two at Warner Brothers and Fox, and one indie.

The indie is supposed to be the one he's most likely to sign up for. It's a political drama called Lions for Lambs, about a platoon of soldiers in that other place we all forget about, Afghanistan. Yeah, we're still there too. The really interesting thing about this one is that Robert Redford may direct and star in it. Say what you want about Tom, but I'd love to see him in something opposite the Sundance man. Cruise would play a congressman if he joins, and Meryl Streep is already involved to play a journalist.

The other two films are also interesting. One is another war movie called Ha-Ha. Cruise would play a Gulf War vet gone mute and charged with taking care of a 9-year-old boy. The third movie is a Spike Lee joint about a man who sells back chunks of time from his life in trade for a chance to relive the worst day in it.

Tom might end up in all or none of the above. Maybe he won't want them, maybe they won't want him, but you can't keep a good roman profile down.