In November 2006, Tom and his business partner Paula Wagner took over the management of the United Artists film studio. Since the pair took the helm the studio released the political thriller Lions For Lambs in 2007, which starred Cruise and Robert Redford, and a new film Valkyrie is in production. Directed by X-Men's Bryan Singer, Tom stars as Nazi officer Claus von Stauffenberg, who masterminded an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. As with all Cruise projects these days, controversy abounds. Initially there were problems securing locations in Germany because Scientology is considered a cult by the German government. Von Stauffenberg's son also spoke out about the film saying, "I fear that only terrible kitsch will come out of the project. It's bound to be rubbish. Cruise should keep his hands off my father."