Cruise reveals plans for a summer wedding

Two pilots standing by to whisk him away if Katie goes into labor

	Tom Cruise signs autographs as he arrives Saturday for the German television show "Wetten Dass..?" ("Bet it..?") in Halle, Germany. "First the baby, then the film," Cruise said recently.
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updated 11:47 a.m. ET April 3, 2006

BERLIN - Tom Cruise has told Germany’s leading tabloid that he and Katie Holmes want to tie the knot this summer, after the birth of their baby and the release of his new movie, “Mission: Impossible III.”

Cruise confirmed to Bild in Monday’s editions that he and Holmes plan to wed in the coming months. They have been engaged since June.

“First the baby, then the film,” he was quoted as saying. “Then, in summer, we want to get married. I won’t let this woman get away.”

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Cruise was in the country to promote the film on the popular TV show “Wetten Dass ... (I’ll Bet ...).” He said on the show Saturday that two pilots were at the ready to fly him home should Holmes go into labor.