A new report claims Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology are launching a new media company to produce films and TV shows, as well as launch a TV news network.

Two former Scientologists tell The Daily Mail that a $50 million studio is being built on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood to become the base for Scientology Media Productions. The five-acre studio lot reportedly aims to rival CNN, radio stations and major movie studios with two sound stages, seven video-editing bays, a broadcast building and 150,000 square feet of production facilities.

Photos shared on the church's Facebook page earlier this year show the designs for "the next emphatic advance in our global dissemination crusade and the future of Scientology dissemination planet wide: A Scientology television station [and a] Scientology radio station."

Scientology Media Productions. The global media center that will revolutionize the Church’s communications footprint... Posted by Scientology on Monday, February 16, 2015

"They will try to do TV shows which are legitimate, speaking about every day things with a Scientology slant," Scientology critic Tony Ortega, who runs the anti-church website Underground Bunker, told the Daily Mail.

The church's official Facebook page says the new media company will also explore print media, satellite radio and Internet publications. Programming could feature Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige and celebrity members, such as Cruise, Travolta, Juliette Lewis and "Orange is the New Black" actress Laura Prepon.

The Daily Mail sources even claim Cruise, the Syracuse-born actor who's long been the most visible member of the religion, could use the facility to get more of Scientology's message into future movies like John Travolta did in "Battlefield Earth" (based on the book by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard). Tabloids have previously said the church even "auditioned" women to be Cruise's girlfriend before he married Katie Holmes, and the new studios could allegedly be used for similar interviews.

The "Mission: Impossible" star was recently rumored to be considering leaving the church to spend more time with Suri Cruise, but an investment in Scientology Media Productions would strengthen his ties.

The 51-year-old actor is currently filming "Mena," the story of real-life '70s and '80s drug smuggler Barry Seal. He next appears on the big screen in "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" and is also expected to reprise his role as Maverick in "Top Gun 2."