Tom Cruise to the "Rescue" in Superhero Movie Spoof

There was a time when every young actor would've wanted to be the next Tom Cruise, and Miles Fisher may have figured out just the way to turn that notion back into a compliment. Check out this irresistible bit of viral marketing for Superhero Movie:

This isn't the first time director Craig Mazin (who's only other helming credit was the not-so-super-hero spoof The Specials) has taken on Tom Cruise. Some of you may remember how the writer worked a couch-jumping, Oprah-punching incident into Scary Movie 4:

Given the track record for some of these "Movie Movies," it's conceivable that more people will discover Fisher online than see its leading man, Drake Bell, in theaters. In trying to break out of the Nickelodeon box, Bell has certainly taken a different route from his "Drake & Josh" co-star: Josh Peck sells pot, loses his virginity and bares his derrière in the Sundance hit The Wackness.

P.S. Don't miss Gawker's roundup of the best Tom Cruise Scientology spoof videos to date.

(Peter Debruge)