Movie bosses are reportedly planning to scrap Tom Cruise's new project 'Mission Impossible III' - after growing concerned about the star's obsession with Scientology. Paramount studios, who are producing the action blockbuster, are said to be worried by the actor's increasingly erratic behaviour in recent weeks and are concerned it could affect his pull at the box-officeThe studio has already spent £80million on the project, which has already been plagued with problems before shooting has even begunAn unnamed Paramount executive is quoted by The Australian newspaper as saying: "No definite decision has been made yet, but it's a discussion"

Concerns began to arise during Cruise's promotional tour for new movie 'War of the Worlds', starring the handsome actor and directed by Steven Spielberg

In promoting the film, Cruise - who insisted on having a Scientology tent on the set of the sci-fi movie - took every opportunity to proclaim his love for new girlfriend Katie Holmes and openly spoke about his devotion to the bizarre cult, calling it his 'religion'The star's candid confessions allegedly upset executives at Paramount who became worried that fans were being distracted from the film by Cruise's overblown anticsCruise has long been a devoted follower of Scientology which was developed by American philosopher L Ron Hubbard

He recently admitted: "Scientology has given me tools - in terms of literacy, tools that allow me to fly planes and produce movies"